US FDA highlights serious skin reactions with Revlimid
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The latest issue of the USFDA's Drug Safety Newsletter (Summer 2008) reviews 14 postmarketing reports of serious skin reactions possibly linked to Celgene's thalidomide analogue, Revlimid (lenalidomide), from the time of the product's US approval in December 2005 until January 2008. They include reports of Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and erythema multiforme.