EU, US rosiglitazone decisions spark action in other countries
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
A number of countries have issued regulatory notices regarding rosiglitazone-containing products following last week's decision by the European Medicines Agency to suspend marketing authorisation for all such products and by the US Food and Drug Administration to impose severe new restrictions on the use of GlaxoSmithKline's rosiglitazone-containing drug, Avandia, because of potential cardiovascular risks associated with the drug1.
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