Key legal question
Whether changed scientific and regulatory circumstances justified re-examination and revocation of the authorization.
Extracted holding
Yes. New scientific findings and a changed therapeutic consensus justified a renewed safety and benefit-risk review.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that under the current state of science and technology, authorities may reassess already authorized medicines. The 2000 Kernan study and the new consensus on obesity treatment made a fresh safety and benefit-risk assessment necessary.