Aurobindo recalls heartburn drug ranitidine, two others from US market

Development follows regulatory compliance issues being faced by several of its plants back home; Ranitidine taken off due to the presence of carcinogenic compound

Aurobindo Pharma Limited has initiated a nationwide recall of three drugs from the US, two of them due to manufacturing issues. The development comes close on the heels of the regulatory compliance issues being faced by several of its manufacturing facilities back home.

These three products include heartburn drug Ranitidine that the US Food and Drug Administration(US FDA) had recently asked the companies to withdraw from the market owing to the presence of carcinogenic nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) compound above the daily acceptable intake limits in the formulation.

The recall of ranitidine was in different dosages of tablets and capsules of 30-500