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From the director.... Avandia debacle: strong Medicine needed to cure FDA's Ills.

Publication: HealthFacts
Publication Date: 01-JUN-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Scarcely two weeks after the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation touted as a major fix of FDA's failing effort to assure drug safety, The New England Journal of Medicine published an analysis linking the diabetes drug Avandia to a 40% increase in the risk of heart attack. This finding is especially troubling because people with diabetes are already at high risk of cardiovascular problems. A million diabetics are estimated to be current Avandia users in the U.S.

The review of safety data from dozens of trials was...

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