219 antihypertensives suspended in sales due to ‘containing impurities’

The Ministry Food and Drug Safety(Minister Young-Jin Ryu, MFDS) will take actions of temporarily suspending sales, manufacturing and importation of all the products which used ‘Valsartan,’ an active pharmaceutical ingredient for the treatment of hypertension, as the European Medicines Agency was recalling the products because impurities ‘N- Nitrosodimethylamine(NDMA)’ was found in Chinese ‘Vals...