Monday, July 19, 2010

Avandia Heart Risks Buried by Drug Company: Report (HealthDay)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100713/hl_hsn/avandiaheartrisksburiedbydrugcompanyreport"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100713/capt.photo_1279033186253-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=wAOYssiCVHafFCGs51zrPw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this photo, bottles of Avandia diabetes medication are seen at a pharmacy in 2007 in California. British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline withheld from US drug safety regulators information about the possible dangers of top-selling diabetes drug Avandia, a report in the US press said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- The pharmacy company that
makes Avandia knew more than a decade ago that the blockbuster diabetes
drug caused an increased risk of heart problems but covered up the
information, according to a report published Tuesday in The New York
Times.</p><br clear="all"/>

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