Public Alert No: 0017/2019 – Alert on Genotoxic Impurity, N-Nitrosodimethylamine (N-NDMA) in Zantac and Other Ranitidine Containing Products
, The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has been informed that Swissmedic, the National Medicines Regulatory Authority of Switzerland has detected low levels of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (N-NDMA), a genotoxic impurity in Zantac injection 50mg/5ml batch number 669. Genotoxic substances such as N-NDMA are known to be potentially carcinogenic when ingested, inhaled […]
