Pharmaceutical Executive-05-30-2007

Pharmaceutical Executive

How Far Will Avandia Fall?

May 30, 2007

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A week and a day after the nation?s leading medical journal announced that Avandia poses a much higher heart attack risk than either its maker, GlaxoSmithKline, or FDA had previously reported, the media dustup has come nowhere near peaking. Meantime, analysts are already revising?downward?the damage to GSK?s blockbuster anti-diabetes drug in the face of what appears to be a rush to switch on the part of doctors and patients.

Death Sentence for China Drug Chief

May 30, 2007

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In an effort to clamp down on corruption, China sentenced its former top drug regulator to death on Tuesday.