Part 9: Novartis USA: Skin Cream Elidel

A two-year-old boy in 2003 got a prescription for Elidel, a skin cream used to alleviate symptoms of eczema, a common skin rash. Ten months later, doctors diagnosed the child with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to the Food and Drug Administration's reporting system for adverse drug events.

Elidel of Novartis may cause cancer and is the center of a battle brewing between the FDA and Novartis. The dispute illustrates the FDA's growing dilemma in assessing risks versus benefits.

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