HIV drug recalled after 'human error' caused contamination

An HIV drug has been recalled because “human error” led to a higher than normal level of a chemical which can cause cancer, its makers said.

HIV drug recalled after 'human error' caused contamination

An HIV drug has been recalled because “human error” led to a higher than normal level of a chemical which can cause cancer, its makers said.

William Burns, chief executive of Roche’s pharmaceutical division, said the impurity had been caused by interaction between two chemicals, one of them a cleaner, in a vessel in which the product was made.

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