MHLW Orders Label Revisions for Metformin, Blanket Contraindication for Patients with Severe Kidney Impairment

June 19, 2019
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) issued a notification on June 18, ordering label revisions for diabetes agents containing metformin to contraindicate their use in patients with severely impaired kidney function with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)...read more