MHRA Drug Safety Update: Risk of bladder cancer with pioglitazone (NeLM News Service, 9 August 2011)

10 Aug 2011


The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published guidance on the use of pioglitazone. The guidance includes findings from the recent European Medicines Agency safety review of pioglitazone, which investigated reports of increased incidence of bladder cancer in patients taking the drug.

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