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This paper assesses the cause for the discrepancy between the NDMA values FDA found in its testing of metformin drug products and the values a private laboratory reported. The private laboratory reported levels of NDMA above the acceptable intake limit in 16 of the 38 metformin products they tested.

FDA immediately acted to analyze the same 38 samples. Overall, FDA observed that in orthogonal tests, the levels of NDMA, when present, were generally lower than reported by the private laboratory. In summary, the agency found the private laboratory method to be inappropriate for quantifying NDMA in metformin drug products due to presumptive overestimation of NDMA caused by the presence of a substance that interfered with the testing results.

There are additional companies that manufacturer ER metformin and supply a significant portion of the U. FDA updated its laboratory test results showing the levels of NDMA the agency has found in samples of metformin to date. FDA has also posted a second liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-high resolution mass spectrometry LC- ESI-HRMS testing method to provide an option for regulators and industry to detect eight different nitrosamine impurities in metformin drug substances and drug products.

The agency is also asking all companies manufacturing ER metformin to evaluate the risk of their product containing NDMA above the acceptable intake limit and to test at-risk product before each batch is released onto the U.

If testing shows NDMA above the acceptable intake limit, the companies must inform the agency and should not release the batch to the U.