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Diabetes drug licence 'under review'

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An investigation by the BBC's Panorama programme has found that a popular diabetes drug is still available on the NHS, two months after the body responsible for drug safety was asked to withdraw it.

Professor Kent Woods, of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, explains why the drug still has not been suspended.


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