The MAH was requested to propose and scientifically justify a common EU wide approach as the contraindications text was considered to differ to a large extent between Member States especially relating to the use in patients with: • porphyria, • myopathy, • concomitant use of other medicinal products interacting with simvastatin, • biliary cirrhosis, • secondary hypercholesterolemia (hypothyroidism, nephrotic syndrome).