Medicines: the French can report side effects
The ANSM is making a new section accessible on its website which facilitates the declaration of adverse reactions linked to ...
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Breast prostheses: the first cancer associated with a medical device
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma linked to breast implants is the first cancer associated with a medical device. In France, 18 ...
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Baby wipes: what the ANSM recommends
Baby wipes contain many toxic products, warns UFC-Que-Choisir. For the past year, the ANSM has recommended not to use those ...
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3G and 4G pills: France defrauded by Europe
The European Medicines Agency confirmed in an opinion delivered on Friday the positive benefit / risk ratio of third and ...
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PIP prostheses: Afssaps could have withdrawn them from sale in 2007
According to a report obtained by Mediapart, the French Agency for the Safety of Health Products could have suspended the ...
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Marisol Touraine launches a public health information service
Since Tuesday, the public database on the drug has gathered all the data available on products still on the market. ...
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PIP prostheses: Ansm claims to have reacted in time
The Medicines Safety Agency denies having deleted passages implicating it in a report on PIP prostheses submitted in February 2012 ...
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Medicines: a database for greater transparency
The public drug database launched tomorrow aims to provide the French with more transparent information on products. It will also ...
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Congenital malformations: the ANSM tightens the prescription of drugs based on valproate
© iStockPhotos"Children exposed during pregnancy to drugs based on valproate or its derivatives (Dépakine®, Dépakote®, Dépamide®, Micropakine® and generics) have ...
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Furosemide diuretic tomorrow in pharmacies
Furosemide withdrawn from the market in June is back in pharmacies. This diuretic is used to treat high blood pressure ...
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Baclofen: the number of side effects increased by 67%
In 2012, the pharmacovigilance committee identified 405 undesirable effects linked to baclofen. This increase is believed to be due to ...
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Emergency contraception: Europe wants to make a second pill freely available
The European Medicines Agency recommends making ellaOne, one of the two emergency contraceptives available in France, available without a prescription. ...
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Furosemide diuretic back in pharmacies
The diuretic Furosemide Teva, which was withdrawn from the market in early June, will be back in pharmacies on September ...
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PIP prostheses: Argentines claim 41 billion euros
300 Argentines carrying fraudulent PIP breast implants have filed a complaint with the courts of their country. They are claiming ...
Read moreBaclofen: 405 adverse effects identified in 2012
The 2012 review of baclofen experts shows an increase in the number of adverse effects. The pharmacovigilance committee recommends supervised ...
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Medicines: how to explain stockouts
With Levothyrox, 45 drugs would be threatened with out of stock. Highly problematic situations, judges the Order of Pharmacists which ...
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Return of Diane 35: Marisol Touraine sets her conditions
Following the favorable opinion of the European Commission, the Bayer laboratories will put the anti-acne drug Diane 35 back on ...
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Teeth whitening: the Ansm removes dangerous products
Teeth whitening products are not without risks. The Medicines Agency orders the removal of those with high hydrogen peroxide concentration.Displaying ...
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Ritalin: Ansm recalls the precautions for use
Ritalin is prescribed for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. But it also causes undesirable effects, recalls the ANSM.Should we ...
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Implants: Ceraver again pinned by Ansm
The Medicines Agency has identified new marketing offenses for CERAVER's devices. After the non-compliant hip prostheses, then the knee prostheses, ...
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The French consume 48 boxes of drugs per year
In 2012, the French pharmaceutical market fell by 1.5%. Sales to offcines by pharmaceutical companies, for their part, fell by ...
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Furosemide: a scandal for nothing
It is while putting away her medicines that a patient would have put a sleeping pill in a packet of ...
Read moreMyolastan withdrawn from the market
The European authorities are suspending the sale of tetrazepam-based drugs in all EU member states. Myolastan muscle relaxer will no ...
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Furosemide: case closed
No trace of sleeping pill was found in the box of Furosemide which had been implicated in Saint-Malo. The preliminary ...
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Furosemide: the testimony of the pharmacist who raised the alert
The pharmacist who triggered the Furosemide alert confirms that he did find a sleeping pill in a box of the ...
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Furosemide: Ansm sounds the end of the alert
Ansm did not detect any anomalies at the manufacturing site of the suspect Furosemide batches. The alert issued is therefore ...
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Codeine not recommended for children under 12: doctors worried
The European and French Medicines Agencies recommend no longer giving codeine to children under 12 years of age. An excessive ...
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Furosemide: the Teva laboratory favors the human track
The boss of Teva France, a laboratory which is the subject of an investigation into the poor packaging of boxes ...
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Furosemide: Ansm is withdrawing all batches as a precautionary measure
All batches of the diuretic Furosemide 40mg from the Teva laboratory are now subject to a recall measure as a ...
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Furosemide: the key points of an unprecedented case
New suspected cases, an investigation underway, the case of the diuretic Furosemide has been swelling for four days. The packaging ...
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