| Subject: | FDA Releases Update of Ongoing Safety Review for Cefepime (Maxipime) |
| Category: | Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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| Published: | Thu, 18 Jun 2009 - 10:00 am |
| The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is notifying healthcare professionals that it has finished its analysis of a possible risk of higher death with cefepime, an antibiotic, following publication of a study that suggested a higher rate of death in patients treated with this drug, as compared to patients treated with similar drugs. The FDA reviewed this study data and conducted additional analyses based on additional data, including data submitted by Bristol Meyers Squibb, the drug... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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