THE Therapeutic Goods
Administration has updated the
Prescribing Medicines in Pregnancy
Database, with the addition of a
number of new chemical entities.
These include cobimetinib
fumarate, ceritinib and
panobinostat (pregnancy category
D); lumacaftor/ivacaftor and
pirfenidone (category B3); selexipag
(category B1) and susoctocog alfa
(pregnancy category B2).
A number of medicine ingredient
names have also been updated in
the database to better align with
international naming conventions.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 23 May 16 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 23 May 16
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