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in this section: Firm's Press Release, 10.1.07 | Another FDA Warning? 10.24.07 | avandia drug warning | Study Reveals Risks, 6.6.07 | FDA Warning, 5.22.07 | Secret Avandia Vote | Veterans Affairs: Avandia | FDA Approval of Avandia | NEJM Study | Warning Letter, 2001 | Sales Plunge | NEJM Update, 6.5.07 | FDA Safety Information | FDA Warning, 6.6.07 | Scientists Silenced | Dallas Lawsuit | Patients Switch Meds | Avandia Prescriptions Fall | Updated Study, 7.12.07 | Avandia Panel, 7.25.07 | Second Black Box? | Senators Testify | Experts Cite Risks | Black Box Warning | 9.12.07 Study Analysis | Actos Study | Arkansas Lawsuit | Weakens Bones | JAMA Report, 12.7.07 | Avandia Diabetes Pills | Avandia Warning

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Avandia News:
GlaxoSmithKline Warned about Misleading Marketing in 2001

The Food and Drug Administration warned GlaxoSmithKline in 2001 that it needed to halt playing down the risk of heart attacks connected with taking Avandia, according to a Bloomberg News article ("U.S. FDA Warned Glaxo in 2001 About Avandia Marketing," May 24, 2007).

According to this report, a diabetes expert submitted a letter to the FDA a year earlier, airing concerns about Glaxo's perceived abuse of clinical trial data in regard to the cardiovascular safety of Avandia.

Following this warning, says Bloomberg, the FDA sent Glaxo a letter asking that its marketers stop denying or minimizing the increased risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events.

However, the article says, "Glaxo didn't notify doctors or patients of the possible increase in risks."

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see also:

Scientists Silenced Scientists Silenced About the Dangers of Avandia--Attorney Resources
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Veterans Affairs: Avandia Veterans Affairs Severely Limits Use of GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia Drug
Veterans Affairs Limits Use of Glaxo's Avandia Due to Safety Concerns

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