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Glaxo adds safety restrictions to Avandia label

Glaxo adds safety restrictions to Avandia label
(AP:WASHINGTON) GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Monday it has updated the labeling of its diabetes pill Avandia to include safety restrictions ordered by federal health authorities because of the drug’s links to heart attack.
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Glaxo could face $6bn Avandia liability, says UBS

Thousands of needless amputations and deaths ‘could be prevented’
Thousands of people are needlessly having legs, feet and toes amputated because of a failure to treat foot diseases properly. More than 11,000 people in England suffered amputation of a lower limb because of disease last year – a 7 per cent rise since 2004/05. Half of

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