FDA Adds Heart Failure Warning To Saxagliptin and Alogliptin Labels

The FDA said on Tuesday that it was adding new warning to the labels of diabetes drugs containing the  saxagliptin and alogliptin. The FDA said the drugs “may increase the risk of heart failure, particularly in patients who already have heart or kidney disease.” The announcement comes two years after an FDA panel recommended that…

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Cardiovascular Outcome Studies in Diabetes Drugs Finally Arrive

For many years critics have bemoaned the absence of outcome studies for the many diabetes drugs used to lower blood glucose levels. Now, finally, two large trials with different drugs have been presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Amsterdam and published simultaneously in The New England Journal of Medicine. The good news is that…

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