EWG Primodos review criticised for ‘not assessing risks properly’

“Somebody, somewhere, has performed a meta-analysis.
At some point, there was a decision not to include that in the EWG report.”

Oxford University professor Carl Heneghan has told Sky News the evidence against the pregnancy drug Primodos suggests a significant link between it and birth deformities (see below).

On 23 April 2019, during the Westminster Hall debate on the Expert Working Group report on hormone pregnancy tests, some MPs also questioned the methodology used and asked why not use meta-analysis to assess primodos evidence ? Some others clarified the difference between correlation vs causation (in ref to primodos link to births defects), or said : with pharma funding the MHRA, can the EWG report be fully independent ?

An incremental – but dramatic – step towards the exposure of a terrible medical scandal, & (even worse, if true) the modern day attempts to cover it up. By ⁦@JasonFarrellSky⁩ https://t.co/jcghniFkJy

— DavidMapstone (@DavidMapstone) April 4, 2019

More information

• 2018 Studies :
  • Oral hormone pregnancy tests and the risks of congenital malformations: a systematic review and meta-analysis, F1000Research, 31 Oct 2018, 7:1725, DOI:10.12688/f1000research.16758.1.
  • The Primodos components Norethisterone acetate and Ethinyl estradiol induce developmental abnormalities in zebrafsh embryos, Nature, 13 Feb 2018, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-21318-9.
• Westminster Hall debate pack : CDP-2019/0095, 18 April 2019.

An Independent Expert Working Group today published their report on the use of hormone pregnancy tests & adverse effects relating to pregnancy including possible birth defects.

Report: https://t.co/O7pSYnGOHU

Press Release: https://t.co/EOg1WdLvi1

— MHRAgovuk (@MHRAgovuk) November 15, 2017

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