France's medicine safety agency announced Wednesday the drug, which is used to treat rare autoimmune diseases, would be withdrawn after it was linked to a series of death in Japan. A drug called Tavneos used to treat rare autoimmune diseases will be pulled from the shelves in France, the country's medicine watchdog said Wednesday, after it was linked to 20 deaths in Japan. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• France's medicine safety agency announced Wednesday the drug, which is used to treat rare autoimmune diseases, would be withdrawn after it was linked to a series of death in Japan.S1

• A drug called Tavneos used to treat rare autoimmune diseases will be pulled from the shelves in France, the country's medicine watchdog said Wednesday, after it was linked to 20 deaths in Japan.S2