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Latest News | 3 May 2012

New French Regulatory Agency Announces Transition of Leadership

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France’s newly-formed National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (MSNA), which will ostensibly replace Afssaps, announced 5 May that it will retain its existing leader, Dominique [Read More...]

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Latest News Regulatory Update | 1 May 2012

France: New Agency to Soon Replace AFSSAPS

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France has created a new agency, the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (MSNA), to replace its current regulatory agency, Afssaps.The move was announced 29 April in [Read More...]

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Latest News | 3 February 2012

Reuters: French Regulatory Authority, Executives Searched In Mediator Probe

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The offices of French regulatory authority Afssaps were searched by French investigators on 2 February as part of an investigation in to deaths associated with Servier’s anti-diabetes drug Mediator, [Read More...]

Tags: Adverse Event AFSSAPS Cardiovascular Deaths France French Investigation Mediator Searched Servier
Latest News | 6 January 2012

UPDATED: EMA, AFSSAPS Call for Stricter EU Regulations on Medical Devices

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European Medicines Agency (EMA) Executive Director Guido Rasi and French Health Minister Xavier Bertrand called on the EU to require medical device makers to go through a more rigorous approvals [Read More...]

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Latest News | 4 January 2012

TGA: PIP Implants in Australia not Likely to Rupture

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The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) today released statements indicating that, “there is no evidence of an increased rupture rate for PIP [Poly Implant Prothese] silicone gel breast [Read More...]

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Latest News | 3 January 2012

British Government Launches Investigation of PIP Implants

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UK Health Secretary Andrew Lansley launched an investigation in to breast implants made by the now-bankrupt French Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) on 31 December, saying that he wants to “reassure women [Read More...]

Tags: AFSSAPS Andrew Lansley Breast Implant MHRA PIP Poly Implant Prothese Rupture Silicone