The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is currently investigating whether low levels of a probable carcinogen, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), found in Zantac and generic forms of ranitidine pose a risk ...
May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. attorneys for a woman who claims her colon cancer was caused by the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac on Thursday told a jury in Chicago that pharmaceutical companies GSK ...
CHICAGO, May 23 (Reuters) - A jury in Chicago on Thursday rejected an Illinois woman’s claim that the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused her colon cancer, in the first trial out of ...
The popular heartburn medication Zantac is being recalled in the U.S. and Canada after an investigation revealed that the drug may be contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical. In the statement, ...
If you go to your local pharmacy or convenience store, you won’t be able to find any Zantac or other products made out of ranitidine. At least, you shouldn’t. But it’s not because people are hoarding ...
All over-the-counter and prescription ranitidine medications-- commonly known by the brand name Zantac -- should be removed from the market “immediately,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
In the first personal injury case that has gone to trial over Zantac, GSK and Boehringer Ingelheim have emerged with an important victory as a Chicago jury has rejected the claim of Angela Valadez ...
The stomach-acid-blocking drug Zantac was prescribed more than 15 million times a year with little worry about the safety of the medication, available for decades. How did a drug routinely used by ...
GSK has agreed to pay up to $2.2 billion to settle most lawsuits in US state courts claiming that a discontinued version of the heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, the company announced on Wednesday.
Shares of drugmakers Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Haleon and Pfizer have taken a hit this week in response to investors' growing fears about litigation related to the recalled heartburn drug Zantac.
New York — The nation's three largest pharmacy chains — Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS — have stopped selling Zantac and its generic alternative. The heartburn drug, used by millions, was pulled after ...