FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters Health) Mar 07 – Italy's Health Ministry has suspended the sale of weight-loss products containing sibutramine, an anti-obesity drug patented by Abbot Laboritories, following 50 reports of adverse events.
In Italy, Abbott sells the drug as Reductil and with co-marketing partners GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Bracco it also sells it as Reduxade and Ectiva.
All three products were immediately withdrawn from the market, the ministry said in a statement late on Wednesday, in the first such move by any country since the drug was first approved in 1997.
The ministry's decision followed a report by Italy's Pharmaceutical Commission recommending a suspension of sales.
"Based on 50 reports of adverse events during treatment, the Pharmaceutical Commission decided that the beneficial effects of the drug must be re-evaluated," the statement said.
The commission did not immediately comment on its findings. The decision is expected to be reviewed by the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA), the European drug watchdog.
Sibutramine-based drugs have been available in the US market since 1997 and were approved for Italy in April 2001.
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