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Pharmaceutical Chemicals

NDMA, a contaminant found in multiple drugs, has industry seeking sources and solutions

The presence of the probable carcinogen has prompted drugmakers to issue recall after recall. What risk does it pose, what’s the chemistry behind it, and how are drugmakers going to stop the contamination?

by Leigh Krietsch Boerner
April 20, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 15
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