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 <summary>Developer Notes</summary>
 
+- Removed the link for "Preview SDTM vignette" from `README.md` as it is causing issue for release. (#240)
+
 - Updated the `pkgdown` website and its functionalities included a dark mode, and added a new PR workflow in `.github/common.yml` triggered by "[create website]" in PR titles. (#230)
 
 - Added the `Downloads` Badge. (#229)
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 <!-- end badges -->
 
-> <sup>Interactive data exploration: <a href="https://pharmaverse.github.io/pharmaversesdtm/articles/preview-sdtm.html">Preview SDTM vignette</a></sup>
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 Test data (SDTM) for the pharmaverse family of packages
 
 -   [Purpose](#purpose)