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GlaxoSmithKline
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GSK (GSK) American Depository Shares lost ~2% pre-market yesterday after a new report from Bloomberg Businessweek claimed that the British drug maker chose to keep quiet on the cancer risks of the recalled heartburn medication Zantac. Zantac, also known as ranitidine, was pulled from the U.S. market in 2020 amid concerns over the unacceptable levels of potential human carcinogen, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA).
Since then, the makers of Zantac generics, including Sanofi (SNY) (OTCPK:SNYNF), GSK (GSK), Pfizer (PFE), and Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, have faced thousands of lawsuits for failure to adequately warn health risks of the antacid.
Citing court filings, studies, FDA transcripts, and new drug applications obtained through the Freedom of Information Act requests, Bloomberg said that the FDA considered the cancer risks when green lighting the medication, but GSK (GSK) withheld key study data.
CITE: https://www.r2library.com/Resource/Title/0826102549
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