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Victoza May Increase Risk of Gall Bladder Problems

link found between victor and gall bladder problemsIn an exchange with readers of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers behind a recent Victoza study revealed that the drug may be linked to a higher risk of gall bladder problems.

Victoza is one of many injectable diabetes medications targeted in a multidistrict litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Along with other insulin mimetics like Byetta, Januvia, and ...

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FDA Suggests Black Box Warnings for Victoza and Bydureon

victoza and bydureon may get black box warningsA pair of letters sent out in March by the FDA suggest that Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca include black box warnings on the labels of their diabetes drugs, Victoza and Bydureon. The letters refer to previous notices sent by the FDA suggesting that the pharmaceutical companies include information about “the risk of medullary thyroid carcinoma” posed by the drugs. Accordingly, both Victoza and Bydureon ...

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