"Senators press FDA for answers about why diabetes drug still on market" by Rob Waters, Bloomberg News | February 21, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO - Safety reviewers at the Food and Drug Administration urged the agency to take
Also see: Glaxo's Ghostwriters
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A $7 Billion Dollar Shot in the Arm
I could use one of them. The billions, not the shot.A report released yesterday by Max Baucus and Charles Grassley said Glaxo knew Avandia may cause heart damage several years before a study documented the risk and the company pressed doctors to retract warnings about side effects....
Now why would they do that, huh, reader$?!
Glaxo, in a statement yesterday, said it rejects conclusions that Avandia is risky for patients....
I expected that, of cour$e.
Karen Riley, an FDA spokeswoman, said in an e-mail that the agency is “reviewing the report from the senators, we take it very seriously and we will reply quickly.’’
Don't you need a shot TODAY, diabetics?
And these are the guys supposed to be looking after food and drug safety?
Related: FDA Can't Find Its Own Ass With Two Hands and a Flashlight
They represent and look out for industry, not you, 'murkn.
Also see: FDA Doesn't Care About Kids
FDA Has Holes in its Head
Wow, I didn't know sugar made me so angry.
