As Recalls Multiply, EU Agency Studies How To Rid Chinese Firm’s Valsartan API Of Probable Carcinogen
Executive Summary
European authorities are examining how a manufacturing process change six years ago may have introduced a probable carcinogen into Zhejiang Huahai’s valsartan API that was only recently detected. They hope to learn how the firm could reduce or eliminate the impurity.
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