FDA advisory panel to reconsider Avandia safety

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FDA advisory panel to reconsider Avandia safety

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fda-advisory-panel-reconsider-avandia-safety-211924763--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/swJ4xL9WrMSTSPHKOhhlWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-12T211924Z_1_CBRE93B1N8G00_RTROPTP_2_GLAXO-AVANDIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Picture shows package of diabetes drug Avandia in pharmacy in Berlin" align="left" title="Picture shows package of diabetes drug Avandia in pharmacy in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - A federal health advisory panel in June will reconsider safety data on GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Avandia diabetes drug, although the British drugmaker on Friday said it has not sought permission to make the nearly discontinued drug widely available again in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September 2010 placed severe restrictions on use of the pill, due to heart attacks and deaths linked to the product, saying it should be available only to patients who cannot control their diabetes with any other drug. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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