Questão jurídica principal
Whether the revocation of the drug authorization for lack of long-term efficacy and benefit-risk documentation was lawful.
Decisão extraída
The revocation was lawful because the applicant failed to prove that the product met the updated authorization requirements, especially as to long-term benefit-risk balance and sustained therapeutic benefit.
Fundamentação extraída
For a group re-review of already authorized medicines, the authority may require proof in light of new scientific findings. The court accepted the medical paradigm shift toward requiring long-term benefit and sustained weight stabilization, and held that the applicant had not submitted the necessary documentation.