The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday said it plans to suspend the marketing authorization for three gadolinium contrast agents and restrict the use of others after a review by the agency's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) confirmed evidence of gadolinium accumulation in patients' brains months after being injected.
The Pharmacovigilance and Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has recommended the suspension of the marketing authorizations for four linear gadolinium contrast agents. PRAC put forward the proposal after finding “convincing evidence” accumulations of gadolinium are present in the brain many months after the contrast agent is last injected