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A Risk Worth Taking?

Shelley Jofre investigates the drug Avandia and asks whether the medicine's regulator is putting the interests of the drugs industry before patients.

We're in the grip of a diabetes epidemic. The NHS spent more than half a billion pounds on medication for it in 2009. Patients trust that these drugs are safe, but does one come with a hidden cost to health? Shelley Jofre investigates the rise and fall of Avandia, until recently one of the UK's best-selling diabetes drugs, and asks whether the medicine's regulator is putting the interests of the drugs industry before patients.

29 minutes

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Presenter Jeremy Vine
Producer Angie Mason
Reporter Shelley Jofre

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