Clarithromycin: the ANSM will strengthen information on risks
Clarithromycin, prescribed for tonsillitis or bronchitis, increases the risk of cardiac death, according to a study. The ANSM plans to ...
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Dominique Martin is the new director of ANSM
The National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) has appointed its new director. At 58, Dominique Martin succeeds Dominique Maraninchi and wants ...
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New anticoagulants: no increased risk of bleeding
Two French studies show that the new oral anticoagulants do not cause an excess risk of bleeding. But the results ...
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Baclofen: 2,200 alcoholic patients followed by the ANSM
Three months ago, the ANSM gave the green light to the temporary recommendation for the use of baclofen for alcohol ...
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Stem cells to regenerate the heart
The Medicines Safety Agency has given the green light for a trial on heart stem cells. They should make it ...
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Drugs: stockouts can last more than a year
Drug stockouts are more and more frequent. And almost one in three times, it is essential drugs that are concerned. ...
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Cytotec: the anti-ulcer drug used in childbirth withdrawn from the market
Suspected of causing serious complications, Cytotec, an anti-ulcer drug used off-label to induce childbirth, will be withdrawn from the market ...
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PIP implants: no need to remove intact prostheses according to experts
A European scientific committee affirms that PIP implants cannot be associated with a particular toxicity. According to him, except rupture, ...
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Breast implants: the ANSM reviews the risks
First mixed results for breast implants since the PIP scandal. The manufacturers are compliant, but the ANSM reports an abnormal ...
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Two arsenic-based dental pastes soon to be withdrawn from the market
Certain dental pastes used for devitalization could be quickly withdrawn from the market. The arsenic they contain would increase the ...
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Clinical trial: a psychiatrist sued for endangering the lives of others
Dr Christian Gaussarès appeared for endangering the life of others on April 30. Failure to follow the protocol of the ...
Read moreBaclofen: 1,400 alcoholic patients followed by the ANSM
Five weeks ago, the ANSM gave the green light to the temporary recommendation for the use of baclofen for alcohol ...
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ANSM suspends a phytotherapy laboratory with questionable practices
The Dalphy France herbal medicine laboratory is suspended. A santion justified by the non-respect of the conditions of manufacture but ...
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Gardasil: the ANSM supports the benefits of vaccination
The benefit / risk ratio remains favorable for the Gardasil vaccine. The Medicines Safety Agency recalls that monitoring is being ...
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St. John’s Wort reduces the effectiveness of some contraceptives
The herbal medicine known as St. John's Wort interacts with some forms of contraception, warns the UK Medicines Agency. France ...
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Nicotine patches: “disappointing” results in pregnant women
Nicotine patches are ineffective in helping pregnant women quit smoking, according to a study. Complete abstinence was only achieved in ...
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Dominique Maraninchi should leave the head of the Medicines Agency
The director general of the Medicines Safety Agency, Dominique Maraninchi, should leave his post, according to information from the MPA. ...
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AIDS: rapid tests too complicated to be self-tests
The rapid diagnostic orientation (Trod) blood tests on the finger cannot be used for self-tests. According to a French study, ...
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Diabetes: the over risk of cancer with Lantus ruled out
At the request of the ANSM, a study to assess the association between insulin glargine and the higher risk of ...
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Europe keeps Protelos on the market
The European Medicines Agency recommends keeping this drug on the market while one of its scientific committees, the Prac, recommended ...
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HIV self-tests: the ANSM’s warning
There is currently no HIV self-test available on the European market. After the detection on the Internet of illicit devices, ...
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Botox injections: UK toughens legislation
Botox will no longer be injectable by anyone in the UK. The health service has issued a report recommending stricter ...
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Cancer: experts denounce the cost of treatment
With the approach of the presentation of the 3rd cancer plan, doctors denounce in the JDD the excessively high costs ...
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Blood cancers: ibrutinib, a hope for hundreds of patients
A new drug will be available for patients with leukemia or lymphoma resistant to other molecules. An accelerated procedure due ...
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Food bags: the laboratory did not control the risks of contamination
For the ANSM, the Marette company, which supplied the parenteral nutrition bags to the hospital where 3 infants died, does ...
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Drugs withdrawn from the market distributed in pharmacies
The ANSM reminds all players in the pharmaceutical circuit of their obligations in terms of traceability, in particular for drugs ...
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France approves therapeutic cannabis in France
The French marketing authorization for Sativex will be notified before the end of the year. This cannabis-based pain reliever, prescribed ...
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Drinkable medicines: a campaign to avoid mistakes
Following numerous reports of medication errors linked to the use of pipettes, the ANSM is launching an awareness campaign to ...
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Pipettes: a campaign to avoid medication errors
The Medicines Agency has recorded numerous reports of medication errors linked to the use of pipettes. An awareness campaign aims ...
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Medicines: 1 million pages visited on the official website
The public drug information site launched by the government, for greater transparency, will reach the threshold of one million pages ...
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