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A trio of high blood pressure medications are being recalled due to the presence of an impurity.

  WINNIPEG -- Health Canada has issued a recall covering three types of blood pressure drugs from the class of medication known as 'sartans.’ A news release from Health Canada lists the three drugs recalled, which are produced by several manufacturers, as irbesartan, losartan and valsartan. Sartans are prescribed to treat patients with high blood pressure to help prevent heart attacks and stroke. They are also used in patients with heart failure or those who have had a recent heart attack. Health Canada says people who have been prescribed these medications should still keep taking th...

Today the Lancet Respiratory Medicine published the results of the Montreal Heart Institute's (MHI) COLCORONA study on the prevention of morbidity and mortality related to COVID-19. Pharmascience Inc., one of the largest Canadian-owned pharmaceutical companies, has supported this study since its inception.

MONTREAL, May 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) announces that the COLCORONA study results are published in The Lancet…

Colchicine could be considered as a treatment for non-hospitalized patients diagnosed with COVID-19 by PCR test and at risk of complicationsMONTREAL, May 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Montreal Heart