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• Avandia Lawsuit Set For Trial To Begin Jan 24

  December 27, 2010

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  The first Avandia lawsuit has been scheduled for trial to begin late next month, with a second trial set to...

• Diabetes Glucose Test Strip Recall Issued Due to False Low Readings

  December 23, 2010

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  Abbott Laboratories has issued a recall for about 359 glucose test strips sold under a variety of brand names, such...

• Avandia Heart Warnings Heeded Unevenly By Doctors Nationwide: Study

  November 18, 2010

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  The response of doctors to federal drug safety warnings is haphazard and uneven across the country, according to a new...

• Avandia Suit Filed by Utah Over Misleading Marketing for Diabetes Drug

  November 15, 2010

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  The state of Utah has filed an Avandia suit against GlaxoSmithKline, accusing the drug maker of fraud for misleading marketing...

• Seroquel Lawsuits

  November 1, 2010

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  The use of the antipsychotic medication Seroquel has been linked to an increased risk of diabetes, pancreatitis and death. Thousands of people have filed a lawsuit as a result of AstraZeneca's failure to adequately warn about the side effects of Seroquel.

  Potential new cases are being reviewed by Seroquel lawyers throughout the United States.

• Glaxo Subpoenaed by DOJ Over Problems with Avandia

  October 22, 2010

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  Amid ongoing accusations that the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline knew their diabetes drug Avandia increased the risk of heart attacks and...

• FDA Adds Heart Disease Risk, Diabetes Warning to Prostate Cancer Drugs

  October 21, 2010

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  Federal drug regulators are calling for new heart disease and diabetes warnings to be added to a class of prostate...

• Public Citizen Blasts FDA Decision Not to Issue Avandia Recall

  September 29, 2010

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  The prominent consumer advocacy group Public Citizen is criticizing the FDA for not forcing an Avandia recall, indicating that the...

• FDA Avoids Avandia Recall, Places Tight Restrictions on Use

  September 24, 2010

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  U.S. drug regulators have issued a long awaited decision on the diabetes drug Avandia, placing severe restrictions on the drug’s...

• Actos Bladder Cancer Risk Being Reviewed by FDA

  September 20, 2010

  Staff Writers

  Federal drug reviewers are investigating whether the side effects of Actos, a diabetes drug that is part of the same...