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n°256

February 2024

Issue Contents
Editorial

Free  Leave my placenta alone!

p.31

Marketing Authorisations


Birch bark extract cutaneous gel (Filsuvez°) in epidermolysis bullosa

p.33-35

Olaparib (Lynparza°) as adjuvant treatment for certain breast cancers with a BRCA mutation

p.35-36

Olaparib (Lynparza°) as "maintenance" therapy for certain advanced ovarian cancers after first-line chemotherapy

p.37-38

Editors' opinion. New data

p.38

Avalglucosidase alfa (Nexviadyme°) in Pompe disease

p.39-40

Asciminib (Scemblix°) in chronic myeloid leukaemia

p.41

Teclistamab (Tecvayli°) in multiple myeloma after several lines of treatment

p.42

Brolucizumab (Beovu°) in diabetic macular oedema

p.43

Ambrisentan (Volibris° or other brands) in pulmonary arterial hypertension from 8 years of age

p.44

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda°) as second- or subsequent-line treatment for various cancers with DNA repair defects

p.44

Editors' opinion. Another marketing authorisation based on an unethical evaluation!

p.45

Sublingual sufentanil (Dzuveo°) for acute pain

p.45-46

Adverse Effects


Drugs that interfere with the placenta and affect the fetus

p.47

Clomifene: serious, sometimes irreversible, vision disorders

p.48

Crizotinib and sofosbuvir + velpatasvir: increased risk of heart failure and bradycardia

p.48

Cyproheptadine to gain weight: a high-risk use

p.49

Common stem: -fentanil

p.49

Outlook


Free  Towards better patient care: drugs to avoid in 2024

p.50-53

Inset. Main changes in the 2024 update of Prescrire's drugs to avoid

p.52

Free  European Commission: taken to task by the Ombudsman for lack of transparency

p.54

Free  Revision of European pharmaceutical legislation

p.55

Masthead


Free  Masthead

p.30

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