Avandia Debacle

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.

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