Chief medical officer calls for review after statins and Tamiflu storm

Sally Davies writes to Royal Academy of Science in wake of negative press and public concern regarding the drugs

The chief medical officer, Sally Davies, has requested an expert review to shore up public confidence about the safety and effectiveness of medicines, in the wake of controversy around statins and Tamiflu.

Davies wrote to ask the Royal Academy of Science if it would undertake the work. "I am very concerned about the lack of resolution of the statins and side-effects issues in both the medical and general press," she said.