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Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2, 62 (1 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncpendmet0057

Should muraglitazar be approved by the FDA for the treatment of type 2 diabetes?

Rebecca Doherty

Nissen SE et al. (2005) Effect of muraglitazar on death and major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. JAMA 294: 2581–2586 An FDA advisory committee recently recommended approval of muraglitazar, an agonist for both peroxisome proliferative-activated receptors α and γ, as monotherapy for type 2 diabetes and as combination therapy in patients with blood glucose inadequately controlled by metformin.