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		<title>Avandia Linked to Heart Attacks, Liver Failure, Other Health Woes</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/13377</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The diabetes drug Avandia has been linked  to so many health problems that some have questioned whether or not it should be on the market at all.
In November 2007, a warning detailing Avandia’s association with myocardial ischemia was added to the drug’s boxed warning. The warning followed an analysis of 42 clinical trails published [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Class Of Diabetes Drugs That Includes Avandia Linked To Fracture Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/13153</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The risk of bone fracture in individuals taking thiazolidinediones  has again been suggested in another recent study. Science Daily just reported that research published this week in PLoS Medicine discussed the risk between the type 2 diabetes drugs  and bone fracture. Thiazolidinediones—known as TZDs—were introduced in the 1990s and include such popular medications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greater Heart Failure Risk with Avandia, Study Finds</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/13121</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another study involving Avandia has found an increased risk of heart failure among patients taking the controversial diabetes drug.  The Canadian study was published this month in the  British Medical Journal.  
Avandia’s cardiovascular side effects first became the subject of concern in May 2007, when an analysis of 42 clinical trails published [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Riskier for Elderly, Canadian Study Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/11832</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The diabetes drug Avandia carries more risk than Actos, a new study conducted by Canadian researchers has found.  According to a Reuters report, seniors in the study  taking Avandia were more likely to suffer from heart failure, and were more likely to die.  The findings prompted the authors of the study to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actos, Avandia Bone Fracture Risk Seen In Another Study</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/11744</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another large, panel study has revealed an increased risk of fracture associated with thiazolidinediones (TZDs), which are used to treat type 2 diabetes. The study, which took place in British Columbia, Canada, appears in the August 10/24, 2009 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, said The Heart. TZDs are a class of diabetes drugs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group Says Avandia Ups Risk For Liver Damage</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/10125</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to emerging research, GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug, Avandia, can cause death as a result of liver failure, and should be banned by the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA). The group, Public Citizen, published the research in the peer-reviewed medical journal Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.
According to Public Citizen, it petitioned the FDA to ban Avandia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glaxo-Funded Avandia Study Adds to Controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/6706</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A newly published Avandia study has found that the controversial diabetes drug &#8220;significantly&#8221; raises the risk of heart failure and fractures. But unlike previous research, this study did not find that people taking Avandia were at a higher risk of heart death, and was unable to determine if the Avandia patients in the study had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Lawsuits Filed in Illinois, Texas</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/6422</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia lawsuits continue to be filed in courts around the country. Two just filed in Illinois involve a whopping 186 plaintiffs.  Another Avandia lawsuit in Texas claims the dangerous diabetes drug is not worth its risks.

 Avandia’s cardiovascular problems have been the subject of concern since May 2007, when an analysis of 42 clinical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internal Emails Confirm Glaxo Avandia Cover-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4548</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent reports point to GlaxoSmithKline long being aware of Avandia’s cardiac risks.  In 2007, a Cleveland Clinic study conducted by prominent cardiologist Dr. Steven Nissen and published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) found that patients taking the diabetes drug experienced a 43-percent higher risk of suffering a heart attack.  Many called for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Wants New Diabetes Drugs Tested for Heart Risks</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4386</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New diabetes drugs will now have to be screened for heart risks before they can be approved, the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday.  The new testing standards do not apply to drugs already on the market, including Avandia and Actos, two medications that have been linked to heart problems.
According to the FDA, more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia, Actos Raise Fracture Risk for Women</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4341</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women who take the diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos face a higher risk of bone fractures, a new study has found.  The fracture problem is just the latest troubling side effect associated with these drugs, which have also been linked to heart problems.
For the study, researchers at North Carolina&#8217;s Wake Forest University School of Medicine  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Avandia Critic Says Drug Maker Tried To Shut Her Up</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4228</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another doctor has come forward to claim that  the maker of Avandia  tried to silence her criticism of the controversial diabetes drug, The Wall Street Journal reports.   This time, an internist at a Hagerstown, Maryland hospital says drug company executives wrote to her superiors to get her to stop talking about her concerns that Avandia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Disappoints Again, Doesn&#8217;t Significantly Reduce Arterial Plaque</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4190</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4190#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline&#8217;s controversial diabetes drug, does not reduce arterial plaque buildup in any significant way, according to a new study.  This news only adds to the uncertainty surrounding Avandia, which has been the subject of safety worries since it was tied to an increased risk of heart attacks by another study in 2007.
Results from this  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Liver Failure Reports Prompt Call for Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4107</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4107#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia has been linked to more than a dozen cases of liver failure, most of which proved fatal.   Reports of liver failure and deaths linked to Avandia have prompted the consumer group Public Citizen to file a petition with the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) asking that the diabetes drug be removed from the market.
Public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Diabetes Drugs More Expensive, But Not Always Better</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4090</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report has found that the cost for treating diabetes has skyrocketed, despite inconclusive evidence that newer, more expensive treatments provide added benefits to patients.
In 2002, diabetes accounted for more than 10 percent of U.S. health-care expenditures, and that number is expected to increase as the number of people with type 2 diabetes grows.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patients Sue Glaxo Claiming it Suppressed Data on Avandia</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3423</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3423#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two North Carolina patients have sued GlaxoSmithKline claiming its diabetes drug, Avandia, caused their heart attacks.  Hundreds more are seeking compensation for health problems they experienced after taking Avandia.  The patients blame Glaxo for not adequately warning of all of the pill&#8217;s cardiovascular risks.
Glaxo &#8220;knew of these dangerous effects in Avandia from the many trials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diabetes Drugs Need Tougher Testing for Heart Risk, FDA Panel Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3402</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted to back tougher testing requirements for diabetes drugs.  In a 14-2 vote, which came late last Wednesday at the end of 2-day meeting, the outside experts recommended that diabetes drugs undergo more thorough safety reviews to ensure they don&#8217;t raise the risk of heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Researchers Calls for More Studies of Diabetes Drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3385</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A prominent cardiologist told federal regulators yesterday that new diabetes drugs should be tested to insure that they don&#8217;t cause heart problems. Dr. Stephen Nissan, the lead researcher on a study that found Avandia increased heart attack risks,  told a Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) panel considering new rules for the drugs that it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ketek, Avandia Among Drugs Doctors Won&#8217;t Take</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3324</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When doctors were recently asked which commonly prescribed medications they would avoid, they came up with the following eight.  Perhaps you might want to reconsider these medications as well.  At a minimum, speak to your doctor, as there are safer options for all of these medications.

Advair:  This asthma medication contains the long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) salmeterol.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia, Other Aggressive Diabetes Treatments, Linked to Deaths</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3230</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to researchers comparing the results of two diabetes trials, weight gain, the use of multiple drug combinations, and even lowering blood sugar too low, too fast may have been factors in causing early deaths.  Both trials, one conducted in the United States and Canada, the other in Australia, were designed to measure the benefits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outgoing Glaxo Head Says Drugs Should be Tested Sooner, Better</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3126</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outgoing head of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Jean-Pierre Garnier says the he does not foresee the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) softening its position on drug approvals.  Garnier is stepping down at the company’s annual meeting next week. “This is not a pendulum,” he says, “society wants to avoid risk.  We have to tease out rare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Study Confirms Avandia, Actos Bone Fracture Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2991</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia, a diabetes drug already mired in controversy, may double the risk of bone fractures, according to a new study.  The study, conducted by Swiss researchers, found a similar risk with the diabetes drug Actos.  Previous studies have found that these drugs increase the risk of bone fractures, but the Swiss study sheds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Heat for Vytorin and Avandia</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2682</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia and Vytorin are the subject of yet another government investigation.  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) will look into whether the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) drug-review process cleared two popular medications without sufficient proof of their safety or effectiveness.
Senator Charles E. Grassley (Republican-Iowa) requested the GAO investigation after recent studies suggested that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Avandia Lawsuits Filed, Many More Expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia lawsuits against GlaxoSmithKline over the drug&#8217;s alleged cardiac side effects are beginning to make their way through the courts,  and many more are expected.  One a man is suing GlaxoSmithKline in federal court, claiming Avandia caused him to undergo heart bypass surgery.  Attorneys allege the drug maker should have known that Avandia—prescribed to improve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diabetes Trial Deaths End Part of Study</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2532</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A diabetes drug trial was halted recently after it was determined that trial participants receiving aggressive diabetes treatment were dying at a higher rate than those who did not receive intensive therapy.  However, researchers involved in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial were quick to assert that the controversial drug Avandia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Defects Could be Responsible for 83,000 Excess Heart Attacks</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2355</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia could have been responsible for an additional 83,000 heart attacks.  That stunning number comes from an Avandia analysis performed by Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) scientists presented at a July 2007 safety panel meeting.   The Avandia heart attack analysis is included in a report released in November by the Senate Finance Committee entitled “The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca at Center of Iraq Bribe Probe in Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GlaxoSmthKline, the maker of Avandia, and AstraZeneca, another large drug maker, are being investigated in Britain for allegedly bribing the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.   The revelation of the UK bribe probe is bad news for both companies, but it especially ominous for Glaxo.  Glaxo has been sullied by the safety scandal surrounding its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Heart Attacks, Other Cardiac Problems Now Being Seen in General Patient Population</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2215</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The consequences of deadly Avandia side-effects are now being seen in the general population, a new study has found.  Previously, evidence that Avandia placed patients at an increased risk of heart attacks had only been seen in clinical trials.   But now, Canadian researchers have found that patients taking the controversial diabetes drug who are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Older Avandia Patients Have Higher Rates of Heart Attacks, Death</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2187</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia puts older patients at a significantly higher risk of heart attack and death, says a new study.   The research, conducted by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, Canada, is just the latest scientific evidence to highlight Avandia’s safety issues.  Only last month, a black box warning detailing Avandia’s heart attack risks was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Removed from HealthTrans Pharmacy, Prime Therapeutics Formularies Due to Heart Attack Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2160</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia has taken another hit on the chin, as two large pharmacy benefit managers announced that they would be dropping the controversial diabetes drug from their value-based prescription drug formularies as of January 1, 2008 because of safety concerns.  The decision by HealthTrans Pharmacy and Prime Therapeutics to stop covering Avandia will do little to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Researchers Find Reason Behind Bone Fracture, Osteoporosis Side Effects</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia places patients at a high risk of bone fractures and osteoporosis by affecting the way bone cells are replenished in the body.  While bone fractures are a well known Avandia side effect, no one understood how the diabetes medication affected bone structure.   Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Heart Attack Controversy Results in Black Box Warning, but Critics Still Want Diabetes Drug Pulled</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2114</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia, a drug used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, has been at the center of controversy since being linked to an increased risk of heart attack last May.  An update to the black box warning-today&#8217;s strongest drug warning-is now being added to the Avandia label.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Reviewer Calls for Changes in FDA Drug Approval Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Avandia debacle has prompted a safety official from the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) to call for changes in the way diabetes medications are approved for use in the United States.  The FDA official, who reviewed the original approval application for Avandia, told the Journal of Diabetes Care that the safety and effectiveness of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Side Effects Prompt New Caution from American Diabetes Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Risks associated with Avandia have led the American Diabetes Association to call on doctors to use more caution when prescribing oral medications to treat people with type two diabetes.  The Association announced on Tuesday that it was updating its &#8220;consensus statement&#8221; on the use of oral diabetes medications in light of the increased heart attack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Safety Scandal Won’t Go Away, As Senators Seek to Question Former Glaxo Exec</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The addition of a new Avandia black box warning about heart attack risk has done little to quell criticism over the way GlaxosmithKline, the drug’s manufacturer, and the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) handled concerns over Avandia safety.  Earlier this week, a Senate Committee report found that Glaxo had engaged in a concerted effort to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GlaxoSmithKline Tried to Intimidate, Silence Avandia Critic Report Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2053</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Avandia, made a concerted effort to intimidate a prominent physician into keeping quiet about some of the controversial diabetes drug’s safety issues, a congressional investigation has found.   The shocking allegations against Glaxo only serve to underscore questionable practices many drug companies use to monitor and influence respected doctors whose opinions can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Controversy Won&#8217;t Go Away with New Heart Attack Black Box Warning</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2037</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia is getting yet another break from the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA).  While the FDA did announce the addition of a long-awaited black box warning for Avandia’s increased risk of heart attacks, it is not the strongly worded warning that many patient advocates had call for.  But that should surprise no one, as it [...]]]></description>
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