August 9, 2022 01:37 PM EDTUpdated August 10, 05:43 AM

To avoid shortage of Merck's diabetes drug, FDA allows higher impurity levels temporarily

Zachary Brennan

Senior Editor

The FDA said Tuesday that it recently became aware of a nitrosamine impurity, Nitroso-STG-19 or NTTP, in certain samples of Merck’s type 2 diabetes drug …

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