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Update on rimonabant

Stewart W Mercer, MEJ Lean   (24 October 2008)

Update on rimonabant 24 October 2008
Stewart W Mercer, Professor of Primary care Research University of Glasgow G12 9LX, MEJ Lean Send response to journal: Re: Update on rimonabant	We would like to point out to readers that the European Medicine Agency issued a press release on 23rd October 2008 which recommended the suspension of marketing and prescribing of rimonabant across the European Union [1], and thus our comments on the possible use of this drug should now be disregarded. [1]http://www.emea.europa.eu/humandocs/PDFs/EPAR/acomplia/53777708en.pdf Competing interests: None declared