EU Warns Of Anaphylaxis With MS Drug ‘Months Or Years’ After Start Of Treatment

A direct communication to health care professionals says that the initial symptoms of anaphylaxis with glatiramer acetate might overlap with those of post-injection reactions and could lead to a delay in identifying an anaphylactic reaction.

Pharmacovigilance (PV or PhV), also known as drug safety, is the pharmacological science to detection, monitoring, and prevention of adverse effects with pharmaceutical product
The EU has flagged up a new safety concern over glatiramer acetate • Source: Shutterstock

Teva and EU medicines regulators have begun notifying health care professionals that cases of anaphylactic reactions to the multiple sclerosis drug, glatiramer acetate, have been reported in some patients immediately after administration but sometimes months or even years after they began their treatment.

Some of the cases of anaphylaxis have been fatal, according to a Direct Healthcare Professional Communication (DHPC) drawn up by...

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