Taiwan mulling ban on drug used to prevent preterm birth

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is mulling a ban on ritodrine, a drug commonly used in Taiwan to suppress preterm labor, given that the European Union has done so for years due to hazardous side effects on expectant mothers.

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