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From June, the Ministry of Health will finance the generic Champix to stop smoking

From June, the Ministry of Health will finance the generic of the well-known drug Champix, which was withdrawn from the market due to the presence of impurities during the manufacture of its main component, varenicline, so that there will be three drugs available in Spain to quit smoking. This was announced on Wednesday by the head of the Tobacco Prevention and Control Unit of the Ministry of Health, Susana Verdejo, during the conference "Protecting the youngest" held on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day next Friday. The new pharmacological alternative that will be available in the National Health System is varenicline, the active ingredient of the famous drug "Champix" manufactured by Pf... [Read more]

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