Tag Archives: Generic

CVS suspends sales of Zantac brand and generic heartburn drug during safety review

People walk by a CVS Pharmacy store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (Reuters) – CVS Health Corp said on Saturday it will discontinue sales the popular Zantac heartburn treatment and its own generic ranitidine products from its pharmacies after traces of a known carcinogen… Read More »

Generic for Popular Asthma Inhaler Gets FDA OK

By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Jan. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The first generic version of the widely used Advair Diskus inhaler for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. This approval “is part of our longstanding commitment to advance access to lower cost, high-quality generic… Read More »