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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9929
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/medicines

25/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a press release published on Thursday 25 June, the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) said that it had decided to recommend the withdrawal of analgesics containing dextropropoxyphene. This substance is found in various pain-relief medicines, often in combination with paracetamol. On the basis of information assessed following a Commission request made in 2007 (the request sought to harmonise the situation throughout the EU, some member states having already...

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