Voluntary recovery of 73 drugs with excess impurities
By Lee, Tak-Sun | translator Choi HeeYoung
21.09.09 11:11:54
73 items from about 36 companies with blood pressure exceeding impurities will be recovered. Patients can also be exchanged for normal products at pharmacies. However, the MFDS explained that concerns about human harm are very low, and that it is not a situation to stop taking them arbitrarily. It announced on the 9th that some of the drugs containing Sartans, which are treatments for hypertension, have exceeded the daily intake allowance of AZBT (1.5//day) (1.51 to 7.67//day). AZBT (5-(4'-(azidomethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2yl)-1H-tetrazole) is a substance with mutant properties (genetic mutations).
The MFDS explained that the pharmaceutical company is voluntarily collecting 183 Sartan drugs from 73 items
Lee, Tak-Sun(hooggasi2@dailypharm.com)