FDA Panel to Weigh Painkillers' Cardiac Risk

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): A Food and Drug Administration panel could soon help determine the fate of billions of dollars in household-name pain drugs like Advil and Aleve over the question of which ones pose a greater cardiac risk.

An advisory committee of medical experts is expected to spend two days this week reaching a recommendation on whether the drug naproxen, sold as Aleve by Bayer AG, may carry little to no heart danger, giving it a possible boost over...

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