Overview
The US subsidiary Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc is voluntarily recalling the batches of popular antihypertensive medicines Irbesartan Tablets and Irbesartan and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets to the consumer level in the due to the potential presence of the carcinogen N-nitrosoirbesartan.
This move comes after Lupin's ongoing assessment, which revealed that certain tested active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) batches (but not finished product batches) were above the specification limit for the impurity, N-nitrosoirbesartan.
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Potential Presence Of Carcinogen: Lupin Recalls Irbesartan, Irbesartan & Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets
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