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Nitrosamine concerns for Priftin (rifapentine) - Update

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Alerts
30 October, 2020 - 02:00 (CET)

WHO Prequalification Unit - Medicines Assessment Team (PQT/MED) has been in contact with Sanofi regarding the presence of 1-cyclopentyl-4-nitrosopiperazine (CPNP) in their tuberculosis treatment -

First meropenem prequalified

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Announcement
3 March, 2020 - 17:00 (CET)

WHO Prequalification Unit (PQT) added the below new product to its prequalified list:
 

Nitrosamine contamination – Recent international alerts

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Alerts
6 November, 2019 - 02:00 (CET)

The WHO  Prequalification Team (PQT) is aware, and monitoring closely, announcements by major regulators regarding the presence of nitrosamine impurities in batches of sartan-related products, piog