Posted on 07/16/2010 6:08:15 AM PDT by upchuck
A majority of federal health experts has voted to keep the controversial diabetes pill Avandia on the market despite evidence that it increases the risk of heart attack.
A panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers voted 20-12 against withdrawing GlaxoSmithKline's once-blockbuster drug. Panelists who voted to keep the drug on the market were split between several options, including adding new warning labels and restricting use of the drug.
(Excerpt) Read more at citizen.com ...
Follow the money.
Diabetes ping.
Heard there are thousands of lawsuits.
Doc moved me to Metformin years ago.
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