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• Study Finds Ketoacidosis Risks from Side Effects of Invokana, Jardiance, Similar Diabetes Drugs

  May 12, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Diabetes drugs like Invokana may reduce the risk of kidney injury and death after surgery, but may also increase the risk of a form of diabetic ketoacidosis that is hard to detect.

• Study Finds No Link Between Thryoid Cancer and Ozempic, Mounjaro, Other GLP-1 Medications

  May 6, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  New research indicates there is no link between Ozempic and Mounjaro use and an increased risk of thyroid cancer.

• Plans to Remove Potentially Carcinogenic Contaminants from Januvia, Janumet Outlined By Merck

  January 18, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  Merck indicates it will remove nitrosamine contaminants from Januvia and Janumet by the end of 2023.

• Potentially Cancer-Causing Contaminant Found In Januvia: FDA

  August 10, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  Some batches of Januvia, a diabetes drug, contain high levels of nitrosamines which could increase cancer risks, the FDA warns.

• Diabetes Drug Lawsuits Over Pancreatic Cancer Risk Dismissed, Again

  March 17, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has again dismissed hundreds of diabetes drug lawsuits alleging medications like Byetta and Januvia can cause pancreatic cancer.

• Januvia Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuit To Be Decided By Jury, Illinois Appeals Court Determines

  January 2, 2019

  Austin Kirk

  An Illinois appeals court has reinstated two Januvia lawsuits, saying that juries must decide failure to warn claims over pancreatic cancer risks.

• Basal Insulin, Sulfonylureas Linked With Increased Heart Risks: Study

  December 28, 2018

  Martha Garcia

  A new study warns that older diabetes drugs may increase the risk of heart problems, and suggests doctors use newer medications as second-line treatments.

• Amputation Risk with Invokana, Similar Diabetes Drugs Highlighted in New Study

  August 15, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  Another study appears to link Invokana and similar diabetes drugs with an increased risk of leg and foot amputations.

• Byetta, Victoza and Januvia Lawsuits Over Pancreatic Cancer Mount in Reinstated Litigation

  June 8, 2018

  Austin Kirk

  A growing number of lawsuits over claims that Byetta, Victoza and similar diabetes drugs can cause pancreatic cancer are being filed in the wake of a recent decision to reinstate the litigation.

• Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits Over Januvia, Byetta and Victoza Not Set For Bellwether Trials Until 2020

  March 28, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  A new schedule for Byetta, Januvia and Victoza pancreatic cancer lawsuits sets the first bellwether trial for January 2020.