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Diabetes Drug Dapagliflozin Rejected by F.D.A. Panel [1]

A federal advisory committee voted 9 to 6 on Tuesday that a first-of-its-kind diabetes drug should not be approved for use because of safety concerns, including a possible increased risk of breast and bladder cancers.

The advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration said that while the drug, dapagliflozin, had some attractive features as a treatment for type 2 diabetes, there were too

Publication Date: 
20/07/2011
Andrew Pollack [2]
New York Times (New York) [3]
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United States Of America (US) [4], Health [5], Drugs [6], Cancer [7], Health Effects [8]
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