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n°129

July 2012

Issue Contents
Editorial

Free  Early signals

p.172
Hasty regulators gambled on aliskiren's harms and benefits

Marketing Authorisations


Belatacept (New Drug)

p.173-176
In kidney transplantation: more risky than ciclosporin

INN common stem: -piprazole

p.176

Aliskiren: negative trial data (Harms)

p.176
A do-not-use drug

Flurbiprofen without a prescription for dysmenorrhoea: rejected by French drugs agency (Regulation)

p.177
A wise decision

Sildenafil and pulmonary hypertension in children (New Indication)

p.178
First, do no harm

Topical fluticasone for infants from 3 months of age (New Indication)

p.179
Inadequate assessment

Prescrire's comments

p.179
Fluticasone and infants : a poor example

Amlodipine + aliskiren (Combination)

p.180
Still no evidence that aliskiren reduces morbidity or mortality

Naproxcinod (Application Withdrawn)

p.180
No authorisation in the European Union

Pioglitazone: European approval maintained despite the acknowledged risks (Harms)

p.181
Chaotic regulation

Adverse Effects


Calcium channel blockers + macrolides: elderly patients hospitalised for low blood pressure

p.182
Avoid erythromycin and clarithromycin

Free  Domperidone: ventricular arrhythmia and sudden death

p.183
Do not use

Alcohol-based hand sanitizers: severe intoxication in children

p.184
Keep out of reach

NSAIDs: miscarriage (continued)

p.185
NSAIDs should not be used at any time during pregnancy

Vitamin E and prostate cancer

p.185
Unfavourable harm-benefit balance

Fluoroquinolones and tendon disorders: even after single-dose therapy

p.185
3 times more reports involved pefloxacin

Reviews


Paracetamol during pregnancy: no particular danger for the child

p.186-190

Paracetamol exposure in utero or during infancy: no increase in asthma

p.188-189

Outlook


Free  Corporate influence over clinical research: considering the alternatives

p.191-194
Funding drug research independent of drug companies: a pipe dream or a public health necessity?

Free  The exorbitant price of cancer drugs

p.195
No correlation with therapeutic benefits

Masthead


Free  Masthead

p.170

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