Bloomberg, September 23, 2010. GlaxoSmithKline Plc‘s Avandia, once the world’s best-selling diabetes drug, will be withdrawn in Europe and restricted in the U.S. after a three-year review of the medicine’s heart risks.
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Does Avandia Decision Signal New FDA? Or Same Old Agency?
NPR, September 23, 2010. The Europeans are suspending sales of the controversial diabetes drug Avandia because of evidence it may cause serious heart problems. American regulators are letting it stay on the market, with restrictions.
Read More »Medical Devices That Can Kill
Reader’s Digest, September 2010. In 2009, a study by Congress’s Government Accountability Office found that the safety and efficacy of many of the riskiest devices on the market have never been proved. The FDA’s oversight of medical products is broken.
Read More »F.D.A. Approves 5-Day Emergency Contraceptive
The New York Times, August 14, 2010. It’s important the F.D.A. made a decision that’s based on the scientific evidence and not on the political controversy.
Read More »Cancer Drug Avastin no Longer Recommended for Women with Advanced Breast Cancer
KTNV, Jul 21, 2010. “It is not saving lives and in fact women taking this drug seem to die a little sooner than women taking other drugs,” said Diana Zuckerman.
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