S. Korea imposes restrictions on diabetes drug due to cancer-causing impurity
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South Korea has set restrictions on drugs used to treat diabetes after the government has found cancer causing impurity, called (NITRO-SODI-METHA-LAMIN) 'Nitrosodimethylamine.'
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Tuesday that 31 out of 2-hundred 88 drug products for diabetes have been found to contain a (NITRO-SA-MIN) nitrosamine impurity above the acceptable limit.
However, the ministry emphasized the impurity is not expected to cause harm at low levels.
More than 260-thousand patients have been prescribed these drugs by doctors in South Korea.
South Korea has set restrictions on drugs used to treat diabetes after the government has found cancer causing impurity, called (NITRO-SODI-METHA-LAMIN) 'Nitrosodimethylamine.'
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Tuesday that 31 out of 2-hundred 88 drug products for diabetes have been found to contain a (NITRO-SA-MIN) nitrosamine impurity above the acceptable limit.
However, the ministry emphasized the impurity is not expected to cause harm at low levels.
More than 260-thousand patients have been prescribed these drugs by doctors in South Korea.