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France recalls rare disease drug Tavneos after deaths in Japan

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France's medicine safety agency announced Wednesday the drug, which is used to treat rare autoimmune diseases, would be withdrawn after it was linked to a series of death in Japan.S1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

France's medicine safety agency announced Wednesday the drug, which is used to treat rare autoimmune diseases, would be withdrawn after it was linked to a series of death in Japan.

2mos Thelocal

France recalls rare disease drug Tavneos after deaths

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 de…

France recalls rare disease drug Tavneos after deaths in Japan

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What to know

  • France's medicine safety agency announced Wednesday the drug, which is used to treat rare autoimmune diseases, would be withdrawn after it was linked to a series of death in Japan.S1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
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S1 Lemonde 1 report · EN
S2 ThelocalLead 1 report · EN