NEW YORK - MAY 22: A card shows the amount of fat in a slice of cake in a display touting the weight-loss drug 'alli' is seen May 22, 2007 in New York. Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline created 'alli' the nation's first over-the-counter version of a prescription weight-loss drug. Getty Images logo Getty Images 38 months ago

NEW YORK - MAY 22: A card shows the amount of fat in a slice of cake in a display touting the weight-loss drug 'alli' is seen May 22, 2007 in New York. Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline created 'alli' the nation's first over-the-counter version of a prescription weight-loss drug.

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  1. MIAMI - JULY 14: A bottle of the diabetes drug, Avandia is seen on July 14, 2010 in Miami, Florida. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel voted to recommend that GlaxoSmithKline PLC's (GSK) diabetes drug, Avandia, remain on the market despite concerns that the product could raise the risk of heart attacks.
  2. A pharmacist holds a bottle of Avandia in a store in Falls Church, Virginia July 14, 2010. U.S. health advisers said GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia should be allowed to stay on the market in some form, easing a threat of further litigation that could have followed a ban.
  3. Pharmacy staff holds a package of the diabetes drug Avandia in a pharmacy in Berlin, July 14, 2010. GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed to pay $460 million to settle thousands of lawsuits over its Avandia diabetes pill, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, on the eve of a crucial vote by U.S. experts on whether the pill should be withdrawn due to heart risks.
  4. FILE - In this June 30, 2010 file photo, a pharmacist holds a bottle of Avandia pills at Maximart Pharmacy in Palo Alto, Calif. Federal health officials say new patients should not be enrolled in a study of GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes pill Avandia, after experts last week said the drug increases heart risks.
  5. FILE - In this June 30, 2010 file photo, a pharmacist holds a bottle of Avandia pills at Maximart Pharmacy in Palo Alto, Calif. Federal health advisers discuss whether GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes pill Avandia should be pulled from the market. The one-time-blockbuster drug's sales have shrunk markedly since studies suggested potential ties to heart attacks.

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