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US FDA Warns Of Thigh Fractures With Bone Drugs, Bisphosphonates Made By Merck & Co., Inc., Roche Holding AG, Novartis AG, and Warner Chilcott, PLC; All Bisphosphonates to Carry New Warning

October 13, 2010 | 
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WASHINGTON Oct 13 (Reuters) - Widely used osteoporosis drugs may raise the risk of an unusual type of thigh fracture, U.S. health officials warned on Wednesday.

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