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: Bodily Injury BlogPsoriasis Drug Withdrawn Over Link to Brain Disease
By Edward Bills
A unit of Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG has announced that it will withdraw from market the psoriasis treatment Raptiva because of the drug's link to a deadly brain disease. According to a spokesperson for Genentech Inc., at least three patients have been infected with the brain infection progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy since October. The phased withdrawal of the drug is expected to be completed by June.
Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on April 10, 2009 (boomark / email).
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