Furosemide: no major breach
At the end of the Ansm inspection in the Teva factory, the mystery remains over the packaging error of the ...
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Furosemide: a box implicated at this stage
While Teva proceeds to the opening of the boxes not yet marketed, Marisol Touraine announced, that to date, only one ...
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Therapeutic cannabis soon in pharmacies
The ANSM will be able to start examining MA applications for medicinal products containing cannabis. Sativex, a prescribed pain reliever ...
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Furosemide: what should patients do when taking it?
Some tablets of the diuretic Furosemide have been replaced by a sleeping pill. 190,000 boxes would be suspect. Procedure for ...
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Diane 35: Europe confirms its disagreement with France
The European Medicines Agency has issued a new opinion in favor of keeping the anti-acne drug Diane 35 on the ...
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Ansm withdraws non-compliant prostheses from the market
The Ansm orders the withdrawal and suspension of the marketing of non-compliant prostheses from the company Ceraver. The 1,300 patients ...
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Diane 35: the French Agency maintains the suspension
The EMA considers that the benefit / risk ratio of the anti-acne drug Diane 35 remains positive. But the French ...
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Stopping Breastfeeding: Medicines to Take With Caution
To stop lactation, bromocriptine-based medicines should only be used when breast-feeding needs to be stopped for medical reasons, according to ...
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Breast implants: medical follow-up is essential
Since the scandal of the fraudulent PIP breast implants, controls have been stepped up. The finding is positive, even if ...
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Non-compliant but not defective prostheses
The Ceraver company, accused of having sold non-approved prostheses and of having carried out tests in humans without authorization, defends ...
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The Ansm pins an advertisement for the fish pedicure
After ANSES, which pointed to an infectious risk, the Medicines Agency has just banned advertising touting the benefits of fish ...
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Contraception: soon the end of all pill
The decline in sales of new generation pills continues. IUDs and implants are experiencing a real boom, with an increase ...
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Prostheses: “The control of medical devices needs to be reviewed”
In June 2011, at Ambroise-Paré hospital in Boulogne, two doctors placed new prostheses in the femur of four patients, without ...
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A black triangle to identify certain drugs
Medicines under enhanced surveillance will now be marked with a black triangle in their leaflet. The legislation will be imposed ...
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Ansm recommends that doctors stop prescribing Myolastan
The European Medicines Agency recommends the suspension of treatment with tetrazepam. In response, the Ansm told French doctors to no ...
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Parkinson’s disease: monitoring treatments
This degenerative disease results in many symptoms, of which tremor is not the most common. Treatments exist to lessen the ...
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Baclofen sales increased by 26% in 2012
Over four million boxes were sold last year. This progression is largely linked to the prescriptions of the drug in ...
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Pills: MEPs mock the decisions of the French
French concerns over new generation pills annoy the European Parliament. Several deputies severely criticized the choices of the Medicines Agency."I'm ...
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Pills: 20 deaths and 2,500 accidents per year
The risks of premature death and thromboembolic accidents are increased with the pills, in particular those of 3rd and 4th ...
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The sale of new generation pills collapses
The decline in sales of 3rd and 4th generation pills has continued since the start of the year. The decrease ...
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Towards an indictment of the Medicines Agency
The director of the Medicines Agency was summoned by the judges in charge of the Mediator case. The latter are ...
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Breast prostheses: what women want to know
Today, 340,000 French women are said to have breast implants. Faced with a figure which continues to increase, the Medicines ...
Read moreAlcoholism: baclofen under temporary authorization
A procedure for the temporary recommendation of the use of baclofen in alcohol dependence is underway while the Ansm confirms ...
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France confronted with the therapeutic use of cannabis
By authorizing Sativex, a cannabinoid-based drug, the Medicines Agency would pave the way for the therapeutic use of cannabis derivatives, ...
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The sale of new generation pills has fallen by 25%
A 25% drop in sales of 3rd and 4th generation pills, an increase of 16% for the 2nd generation, women ...
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Contraceptive patch: the warning from the Medicines Agency
With a risk of venous thromboembolism twice as high, the Ansm recommends that women using the Evra contraceptive patch opt ...
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Red yeast rice: the warning from the Medicines Agency
The red yeast rice in food supplements does not help maintain normal cholesterol levels. The Ansm denounces the allegations which ...
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Pills: 85% of healthcare professionals disapprove of decisions
A large majority of health professionals believe that the decisions made by the government on new generation pills are disproportionate.Worried ...
Read moreDermatologists contest Diane 35’s suspension
For the union of dermatologists, the suspension of Diane 35 is more of a political decision than a scientific one. ...
Read moreDiane 35: verdict of Europe in May
The European Medicines Agency has just announced that it would make its recommendations on the anti-acne drug Diane 35 in ...
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