Following the government’s measures to reduce impurities in smoking cessation drugs that contain varenicline, Jeil Pharamceutcial’s products, which satisfy the set standards, is expected to gain a hold over the smoking cessation treatment market for the time being.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has allowed the lot release of varenicline products that only contain less than 185ng/day of N-nitroso-varenicline (NNV).

On the 7th, the MFDS announced the NNV test results and that the ministry will temporarily allow varenicline products that contain less than 185ng/day of NNV.

Also, drugs that exceed the 733 ng/day NNV limit were voluntarily recalled by the manufacture