Questão jurídica principal
Whether changed scientific and regulatory circumstances justified re-examination and revocation of the authorization.
Decisão extraída
Yes. New scientific findings and a changed therapeutic consensus justified a renewed safety and benefit-risk review.
Fundamentação extraída
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.