EMA Set To Discuss Safety Of Ranitidine Drugs Soon

Following the announcement in the US that ranitidine drugs must be withdrawn from the market, the European Medicines Agency told the Pink Sheet it would decide on the fate of these medicines in the EU after wrapping up its own inquiry.

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While Sanofi's antacid medicine Zantac (ranitidine) and its generic versions face immediate withdrawal in the US due to nitrosamine impurities, the European Medicines Agency is continuing to conduct its own review of ranitidine-containing medicines and “will formulate an opinion in due course.”

The next discussion on the safety of ranitidine medicines is foreseen later this month when the EMA’s human medicines evaluation...

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