Saturday, June 28, 2008

Will BMS and AZ get the "saxagliptin blues"?

aka Onglyza!

The Food and Drug Administration is considering tougher standards for new and current diabetes drugs, raising concern in the pharmaceutical industry that the agency may ultimately raise the time and cost needed to approve of a wide array of new drugs.

The FDA is weighing whether to insist that new diabetes drugs have a positive impact on cardiovascular disease and life span, which are more difficult to measure than current benchmarks such as lower blood sugar.

WSJ

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