(Reuters) - They found little evidence that Avandia improved the quality
or length of diabetics' lives and concluded it could actually
worsen complications of the disease, after studying pooled data
from 18 past trials involving 8,000 patients.
Dr Bernd Richter of Duesseldorf's Heinrich-Heine University,
who led the research, questioned whether it was ethical to
conduct any further clinical tests with Avandia, since "less
dangerous" alternative treatments were available.
Read more at Reuters.com Government Filings News
or length of diabetics' lives and concluded it could actually
worsen complications of the disease, after studying pooled data
from 18 past trials involving 8,000 patients.
Dr Bernd Richter of Duesseldorf's Heinrich-Heine University,
who led the research, questioned whether it was ethical to
conduct any further clinical tests with Avandia, since "less
dangerous" alternative treatments were available.
Read more at Reuters.com Government Filings News
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