Avandia subpoena

摘要

In its third-quarter earnings report released on 21 October, drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) revealed that it is being subpoenaed by the US Department of Justice over the company's development and marketing practices for the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone). The company, headquartered in London, came under fire in July when a US Senate committee concluded that GSK had known about the drug's heart risks for more than a decade without reporting them to regulators. GSK denied the charge. Sales of Avandia are currently restricted in the United States and banned in Europe.