MHLW Requests Label Changes For Three Drugs
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
The Food and Drug Safety Department of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has requested label changes related to warnings for three drugs: BI-Sifrol (pramipexole), a dopaminergic agent for Parkinson's disease made by Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim, Requip (ropinirole) made by GlaxoSmithKline and Endoxan (cyclophosphamide) oral tablet and injection by Shionogi Pharmaceuticals. For Requip and BI-Sifrol, MHLW advised adding warnings related to sudden sleepiness and drowsiness. For Endoxan, the ministry asked for warnings related to liver function disorder, jaundice and acute kidney failure (Click for more-Japanese language