On Friday Philippines health regulators, The Bureau of Food and Drugs, ordered Novartis to "immediately initiate a product recall and cease and desist from further importing, distributing, or selling Lumiracoxib (Prexige)".
The Philippines joins Australia, who banned the drug in September and Canada, Great Britain and Germany who recalled the drug in October in the recall of the anti-inflammatory amidst fears that it could cause serious liver related side effects. Prexige never received U.S. FDA approval.
The Philippines advisory stated that it had "determined that the risks of Lumiracoxib-containing medicines are greater than their benefits," citing "reports of cases from abroad concerning potential serious liver-related side effects."
[Source: YahooNews]
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