Avandia

Financial experts have reported that GSK may have to pay as much as $6 billion dollars to compensate Avandia victims, as part of any Avandia® settlement.

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

While FDA's recent decision to control Avandia is a good decision, it reminds me of this joke.

Gary Liberson, PhD: Doctors Silent on Risks PhD Gary Liberson 2010

Avandia is marketed in more than 110 countries and the European ruling will affect 30 of them.

Diabetes Drug Avandia Faces Stricter Regulation 2010

Avandia is marketed in more than 110 countries and the European ruling will affect 30 of them.

Diabetes Drug Avandia Faces Stricter Regulation 2010

In the USA, Avandia is approved as a stand-alone therapy or in combination with metformin and sulfonylureas, and it is contraindicated only in patients with advanced heart failure.

Heart attack warning added to Avandia label 2007

The new information in Avandia's black box cites Nissen's finding but adds that three longer-term studies, which spanned an average of 41 months, did not confirm or rule out an increased heart attack risk.

Heart attack warning added to Avandia label 2007

Dr. Philip Home, who led the study, insists it shows that Avandia, which is known generically as rosiglitazone, is actually safer than other drugs for diabetes.

FDA Advisory Panel Considers Avandia's Future 2010

Many of the FDA's experts were troubled by evidence that the drug, called Avandia, increases patient's risk of heart attacks.

Panel: Diabetes Drug Needs More Warnings 2010

But, several years later, we saw last month that GSK and the Food and Drug Administration had sat on data showing that rosiglitazone (tradename Avandia) increased the risk of heart problems.

Drug firms hiding negative research are unfit to experiment on people 2010

The drug, called Avandia, was approved in 1999 and quickly became the world's most popular drug to treat Type 2 diabetes, which is the most common form of the disease.

FDA panel scrutinizes diabetes drug 2010