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    Novartis scrapped the $1 billion sale of its U.S. generic pill and skin drug business to Aurobindo Pharma after regulators balked.

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    Although most drugmakers had already pulled the heartburn products months ago, the agency told consumers they should throw out any over-the-counter medications they still had.

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    A lab urged the FDA to recall Zantac because it appears to produce unacceptably high levels of a cancer-causing chemical when exposed to heat.

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