Doctors need to be vigilant in administering the cancer drug Herceptin, Europe's medicine watchdog has urged. This is because vials of the drug had been stolen in Italy and tampered with before being sold back into the supply chain. Vials of the drug had been stolen from Italian hospitals in several incidents since last December, and some were tampered with before being resold to wholesalers, said the European Medicines Agency. It said "only a small ...Friday 18 April 2014
Vigilance Urged in Cancer Drug Theft
Doctors need to be vigilant in administering the cancer drug Herceptin, Europe's medicine watchdog has urged. This is because vials of the drug had been stolen in Italy and tampered with before being sold back into the supply chain. Vials of the drug had been stolen from Italian hospitals in several incidents since last December, and some were tampered with before being resold to wholesalers, said the European Medicines Agency. It said "only a small ...
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