EMA Safety Panel Recommends Withdrawing Esmya Authorizations
Executive Summary
Marketing authorizations for Gedeon Richter’s Esmya and generic versions are certain to be revoked, after a review by the European Medicines Agency’s safety committee concluded that the uterine fibroids drug “can cause liver injury, including the need for liver transplantation.”
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