Pfizer is halting global distribution of its drug Chantix after finding some pills contain elevated levels of nitrosamines, a likely carcinogen, Bloomberg reported June 24. Chantix is used to help ...

Pfizer is recalling batches of the anti-smoking drug Chantix because of a high level of a substance that could increase a user’s risk of developing cancer. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says ...

Terms of the settlement are confidential, attorneys in the Alabama case told a judge Thursday in Florence, Ala. The case, brought by the widow of a Minnesota man who sued Pfizer after her husband ...

WASHINGTON — Of the roughly 15 million Americans who tried to quit smoking in 2022, 5 in 6 failed. It’s a jarring statistic — and an indictment of the treatment options for an addiction that kills 480 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it will hold a public meeting in October to review the risks of psychiatric and behavioral side effects with Pfizer’s anti-smoking ...

Pfizer recently submitted trial data to the Food and Drug Administration for Chantix — a drug intended to help its users quit smoking — in the hopes the agency would remove a serious warning from the ...