Ranitidine’s US Future In Limbo As Tests Continue; ‘Glow-Boosting’ Mask Also Among Recent Recalls

Zantac marketer Sanofi says it’s unclear whether the product eventually will relaunch. In other recent consumer health and beauty recalls in US, a vitamin C-containing face mask is recalled following a “spike in complaints” about skin irritation and the insides of tubes of sodium chloride ophthalmic ointments made for Walgreens and CVS were found with materials used to make the containers.

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As recalls of ranitidine-containing drugs in the US due to nitrosamine contamination continue, the marketer of Zantac, the leading OTC antacid brand with the ingredient, says it’s not clear whether the product eventually will relaunch.

In other consumer health and beauty recalls recently reported in the US, a vitamin C-containing face mask intended to boost...

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