Blood pressure drug recall: Race to test, find alternatives
Health bodies' systematic approach helped secure enough replacement pills for patients
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It was literally a matter of life and death, but Singapore is finally confident that no blood pressure patient will have to do without his medicine despite the recall of a major drug.
Three brands of the drug losartan - Hyperten, Losagen and Losartas - were taken off the market at the end of March because they contained unacceptable amounts of impurities that, taken over long periods, could cause cancer.
