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...Renowned heart scientist Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, lead author of the study, analyzed what happened to 15,560 patients who were given Avandia and 12,283 in a control group. Using data from already published studies, Nissen found 86 myocardial infarctions in the group that took rosiglitzone, the chemical name for Avandia, compared with 72 in the control group. The number of deaths from heart disease was also higher - 39 among people who took the drug, compared to 22 for the control group. A few dozen deaths out of more than 15,000 subjects may seem small...
...which accounted for $3.2 billion in sales last year for GSK. The company went on the offensive almost immediately, releasing a statement criticizing Nissen's research methods. "GSK strongly disagrees with the conclusions reached in the NEJM article, which are based on incomplete evidence and a methodology that the author admits has significant limitations," read the statement. Mary Anne Rhyne, a GSK spokesperson, notes that Nissen's study was a meta-analysis - a study of other studies - rather than direct observation of patients. "We place more weight on observational studies," Rhyne says...
...There is something about Tintin that defies time, language and culture," says Michael Farr, author of Tintin: The Complete Companion. "The child will be gripped by the excitement, the comedy and even the farce. The adult will additionally find political satire and parody, puns and prescience...
...does mean the nature of his role will differ from previous foreign ministers, likely becoming a more specialized function that will utilize Kouchner's humanitarian background. "The Foreign Minister is now partly a protocol position, partly a humanitarian aid and development role," says Jean-Christophe Rufin, an award-winning author, former diplomat and one-time vice president of the M?decins Sans Fronti?res. "You're not going to see Kouchner riding herd on Franco-German relations, but that's not what he's interested in anyway...
...Robert Baer, a former CIA field officer assigned to the Middle East and Time.com's intelligence columnist, is the author of See No Evil and, most recently, the novel Blow the House Down