FDA study said to show Avandia risk
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The government's own preliminary evaluation of the diabetes pill Avandia confirms the heart risks reported in a study earlier this week and suggests that as many as 60,000 to 100,000 heart attacks might be linked to its use since it came on the market eight years ago, a leading member of Congress said Thursday.
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Washington - An expert with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said on Thursday he was pressured by his agency to stifle study results showing the potential dangers of the anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned that people with heart problems should not take the hyperactivity drug Adderall, and studies may be done to see if it raises risk in others, a top official at the agency said on Thursday.
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A Texas doctor leaked confidential research to the makers of the popular diabetes drug Avandia weeks before a study was published tying the drug to higher heart risks
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration preliminary analysis found a level of heart-attack risk with GlaxoSmithKline Plc'sdiabetes drug Avandia similar to what was reported in a study earlier this week, the agency confirmed on Friday.
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The diabetes drugs Actos and Avandia raise the risk of heart failure but do not increase the risk of heart-related death, U.S. researchers said on Thursday, confirming earlier findings.
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All studies so far provide inconsistent results about the potential heart risks of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia, the head of the Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers on Wednesday.
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The FDA asks for more data about Avastin, which could be used to treat various cancers.
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Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline's medical director said the company's study of the heart risk associated with its Avandia diabetes treatment may be in jeopardy because patients have dropped out following reports of the drug's risks, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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FDA researchers say taking high doses of arthritis drug can raise risk of heart attacks. WASHINGTON -- The nation&#39;s largest health management organization is considering changing how it prescribes Vioxx after
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Reports of side effects, including heart attacks, have tripled since an analysis revealed that the popular diabetes drug may increase the risk of heart problems.
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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the  way it monitors safety risks associated with medicines already  on the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller  Vioxx.
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Controversy over popular diabetes pill Avandia took center stage on Monday at a meeting of the world's experts on the disease, where researchers debated findings that the drug could boost heart-attack risk.
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GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia was not to blame for heart deaths in a trial to see if treating diabetes would reduce heart disease, U.S. government-funded researchers said on Wednesday.
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U.S. drug safety regulators are  coming under fire for their response to years of suspicions,  confirmed last week, that arthritis drug Vioxx increased the  risks of heart attacks and strokes.
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All studies so far provide inconsistent results about the potential heart risks of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia, the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK, December 24  - The Food &amp; Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that it planned to examine the various studies that link the usage of several painkillers with heightened cardiovascular risks, while recommending that