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Senate report: Avandia maker knew of cardiac risks WRAL.com Raleigh Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:18 PM PST A Senate report said Saturday that drug maker GlaxoSmithKline knew of possible heart attack risks tied to Avandia, its diabetes medication, years before such evidence became public. St. George vet finally gets his Purple Heart Deseret News Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:11 PM PST Nearly 42 years after being wounded in the Vietnam war, a veteran has received his Purple Heart. Remove Diabetes Drug Avandia From Market: FDA Documents Health Scout Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:10 PM PST Controversial medicine raises users' heart risk, leaked files suggest. Glaxo Knew Avandia Caused Heart Risk, Report Says (Update1) Bloomberg Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:05 PM PST Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Safety reviewers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urged the agency to take GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s diabetes drug Avandia off the market in 2008 because they said it was causing 500 additional heart attacks per month. Senate report links diabetes drug Avandia to heart attacks CNN Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:39 PM PST The diabetes drug Avandia is linked with tens of thousands of heart attacks, and drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline knew of the risks for years but worked to keep them from the public, according to a Senate committee report released Saturday. U.S. reviewers urge Glaxo's Avandia come off market Reuters via Yahoo! News Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:39 PM PST Two U.S. drug safety reviewers have recommended that GlaxoSmithKline PLC's diabetes drug Avandia be pulled from the market because it is more dangerous to the heart than a rival medicine, according to documents released Saturday. BALTIMORE: Fed. lawmkers want Md. hospital's records The Daily Times Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:15 PM PST BALTIMORE â€" Lawmakers have asked a Baltimore-area hospital to turn over three years of records after patients were told they may have been given unnecessary heart stents. Lawmakers are looking for signs of Medicare fraud. Diabetes drug linked to heart attacks UPI Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:11 PM PST WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Finance Committee released a 334-page report Saturday showing a link between the Type 2 diabetes drug Avandia and thousands of heart attacks. Remove Diabetes Drug Avandia From Market: FDA Documents HealthDay via Yahoo! News Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:03 PM PST SATURDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The blockbuster type 2 diabetes drug Avandia raises users' odds for heart attack and heart failure and should be removed from the market, according to confidential government reports. Senate report says GlaxoSmithKline knew of risks tied to Avandia New York Daily News Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:58 PM PST A Senate report said that drug maker GlaxoSmithKline knew of possible heart attack risks tied to Avandia, its diabetes medication.

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