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FDA Issues Safety Announcement for New Liver Disease Drug

fda issues statement on OcalivaBloomberg reports that the FDA has issued a safety announcement for Intercept’s Ocaliva, a drug designed for a rare liver disease known as primary biliary cholangitis. The announcement comes after at least 19 deaths were attributed to the medication, which was only introduced in May of 2016.

Intercept claims to have explicitly warned doctors of the specificity with which they must prescribe Ocaliva and how it must be taken ...

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