Press Release: European Medicines Agency confirms positive benefit-risk balance of Protelos/Osseor but recommends new contraindications and revised warnings

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Series Details EMA/CHMP/185175/2012 (16.3.12)
Publication Date 16/03/2012
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The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), in March 2012, finalised a review of Protelos and Osseor (strontium ranelate), from Les Laboratoires Servier. The Committee concluded that these medicines remain an important treatment for women with osteoporosis but that changes to the prescribing advice are necessary to better manage associated risks.
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EMA: Press Release: EMA/CHMP/185175/2012 (16.3.12): European Medicines Agency confirms positive benefit-risk balance of Protelos/Osseor, but recommends new contraindications and revised warnings http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Press_release/2012/03/WC500124206.pdf
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