The diabetes drug rosiglitazone (Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline) is once again in the media spotlight in the UK, where it has emerged that experts from the UK Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) decided unanimously at the end of July that the drug should be withdrawn.
This recommendation was not made public, however, in line with protocol. It was communicated to the British drug-licensing agency, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which instead sent out "Dear doctor" letters reiterating safety information with regard to rosiglitazone from 2007, including a suggestion to consider alternative treatments where appropriate.
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El rosiglitazone de la droga de la diabetes (Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline) es una vez más en los medios ilumina con proyector en el RU, donde ha surgido que expertos de la Comisión del RU en Medicinas Humanas (CHM) decidió unánimemente a fines de julio que la droga debe ser retirada.