Letters sent to healthcare professionals in October 2015

In October 2015, letters were sent to healthcare professionals to provide safety information for the anticancer medicines crizotinib and vemurafenib

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Published: 12 November 2015

• Therapeutic area: Cancer and Radiology and imaging

A letter regarding crizotinib has been sent to inform about the risk of cardiac failure.

A letter regarding vemurafenib has been sent to inform about the risk of potentiation of radiation toxicity.

Article citation: Drug Safety Update Vol 9 issue 4, November 2015: 3.

Published 12 November 2015