Monday, May 21, 2007

Glaxo's own meta-analysis also showed Avandia risk

(Reuters) - "The differences are probably related to the fact that the number of events in the meta-analysis are very small, so a few extra events makes a big difference in percentage terms."




He was responding to results of an independent meta-analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which concluded Avandia increased the risk of heart death by 64 percent and the risk of heart attack by 43 percent.


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