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Sanofi discontinued the ranitidine formulation of Zantac, and the new formulation, Zantac 360, is made with a different active ingredient. Sanofi to settle 4,000 lawsuits claiming Zantac is linked ...
Ranitidine, previously sold under the brand name Zantac [a] among others, is a medication used to decrease stomach acid production. [12] It was commonly used in treatment of peptic ulcer disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and Zollinger–Ellison syndrome. [12] It can be given by mouth, injection into a muscle, or injection into a vein.
The FDA's advisory said people already taking Zantac, made by Sanofi, or generic forms of the antacid should stop and switch to other heartburn medications that do not contain ranitidine.
First approved in 1983, Zantac became the world's best selling medicine in 1988 and one of the first-ever drugs to top $1 billion in annual sales. Originally marketed by a forerunner of GSK, it ...
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A Delaware judge has allowed more than 70,000 lawsuits over discontinued heartburn drug Zantac to go forward, ruling that expert witnesses can testify in court that ...
Zantac became the world's best selling medicine in 1988, and was one of the first drugs to top $1 billion in annual sales. The FDA asked drugmakers in April 2020 to pull Zantac and generic ...