Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Why Avandia Will Change The Drug Industry « The Science Business

David Graham's study, if confirmed in another data set, could offer the FDA another lawyerly exit. Both Avandia and Actos cause heart failure, a weakening of the heart muscle, but in Graham's study Avandia was worse. That could give the FDA a reason to restrict its use or remove it from the market without ever admitting a mistake in its handling of the heart attack data.

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