An FDA panel voted 14-2 in favor of requiring experimental diabetes drugs to show that they don't increase heart or cardiovascular risks.
This is bad news for diabetes drugs in the pipeline to be submitted for approval like AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's drug saxagliptin.
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Tim Russert, the NBC newscaster and host of the Sunday talk show "Meet the Press," passed away today after suffering from a heart attack. Russert was 58 years old.
Russerts death was announced on-air at NBC by fellow newscaster Tom Brokaw at 3:39 this aftternoon. Brokaw praised Russert as a premier political analyst and journalist... Read more
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