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FDA pulls Avandia off retail pharmacy shelves
It’s official: Avandia will no longer be found on most US pharmacy shelves starting 18 November. After deciding last autumn to severely limit the use of GlaxoSmithKline’s beleaguered type 2 diabetes drug, the US Food and Drug Administration outlined new restrictions this week that will make the drug available only through a special mail-order program to diabetics whose blood sugar levels are not controlled by other drugs.
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