Public Citizen sent a petition to the Food and Drug Administration
saying the risks of Victoza far outweigh its benefits as a diabetes
drug, a crowded field that includes nearly a dozen similar medications.
The group notes that FDA approved the drug in 2010 against the recommendation of three staff scientists.
“The need for new therapies for Type 2 diabetes is not so urgent that
one must tolerate a significant degree of uncertainty regarding serious
risk concerns,” wrote reviewer Dr. Karen Mahoney, in an agency memo
obtained by Public Citizen.
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