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Article: MALAYSIAN HEALTH MINISTRY SUSPENDS RAPTIVA.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- March 4, 2009
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 Asia Pulse - The Malaysian Health Ministry has suspended the product Raptiva immediately because its risks outweigh its benefits and it can cause death.
The ministry's Pharmaceutical Services Senior Director, Eisah A. Rahman, said serious side effects had been reported between September last year and January this year, including three confirmed cases of "progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy", a rare brain infection, in patients who had taken Raptiva for more than three years and two of the three cases resulted in the patient's death.
She ...