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Primodos pregnancy test linked to birth defects?

Published in: Reactions Weekly | Issue 1/2017

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New evidence concerning an oral hormonal pregnancy test [Primodos] is to be examined by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), according to a recent Guardian report.1 Documents discovered by a victim's campaign group suggest that the British government knew in 1975 that Primodos increased the risk of a child being born with malformations; withdrawal occurred in 1978. …

Booth R. Pregnancy test's alleged link to birth defects to be reviewed by UK regulator. The Guardian : 19 Mar 2017. Available from: URL: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/19/pregnancy-tests-alleged-link-to-birth-defects-to-be-reviewed-by-uk-regulator.

Medsafe. Primodos. Internet Document : 20 Mar 2017. Available from: URL: http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/publications/media/2017/Primodos.asp.

Title: Primodos pregnancy test linked to birth defects?
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Reactions Weekly / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0114-9954
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2051
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40278-017-28087-x

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