Ten years after a US FDA advisory committee called on the agency to require cardiovascular outcomes trials for all type 2 diabetes drug candidates, the agency is reconvening the panel, apparently to consider the ongoing need for, and design of, these studies.
US FDA May Change Requirements For CV Outcomes Trials For Type 2 Diabetes Drugs
Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee will reconsider 2008 guidance on evaluating CV risks in antidiabetic therapies at two-day meeting in October.

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