A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel has recommended allowing the diabetes drug Avandia to remain on the market with relaxed restrictions on its use, according to NBC News.
The story says Avandia was once the world’s top-selling diabetes drug. But in 2007, an analysis of other studies suggested that it raised the risk of heart attack by 43 percent. European regulators removed it from the market in 2010 and the ...
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