| Subject: | Revisions To Prescribing Information for Rituxan |
| Category: | Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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| Published: | Fri, 12 Sep 2008 - 06:00 am |
| Audience: Oncologists, rheumatologists, other healthcare professionals, consumersThe Food and Drug Administration and Genentech is informing healthcare professionals of revisions to prescribing information for Rituxan based on a case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) leading to death in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who received Rituxan in a long-term safety extension clinical study. The patient developed a JC virus infection with resultant PML and death 18 months after... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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