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