FDA staff raises safety concerns over Lilly/Incyte arthritis drug


An experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug developed by Eli Lilly and Co and Incyte Corp poses serious risks of deadly blood clots at higher doses, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff said on Thursday, the latest setback to a treatment regulators declined to approve last year. FILE PHOTO - A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland August 14, 2012.



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