FDA studies possible pre-cancerous link with diabetes drugs

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FDA studies possible pre-cancerous link with diabetes drugs

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fda-studies-possible-pre-cancerous-diabetes-drugs-152655118--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RSr6it2IF4a0O9FashYjZw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-14T152655Z_1_CBRE92D16WY00_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-PHARMACEUTICALS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring" align="left" title="A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring" border="0" /></a>By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration is studying unconfirmed reports that a widely used class of diabetes drugs, which includes Merck &amp; Co's Januvia, may cause inflammation of the pancreas and pre-cancerous changes to the pancreas. The agency, in a notice on its website on Thursday, said this is the first time it has communicated potential pre-cancerous links to the medicines, known as incretin mimetics. The drugs for type 2 diabetes also include Victoza from Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk and Onglyza from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and AstraZeneca Plc. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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