UPDATE 1-U.S. FDA warns on newer class of type 2 diabetes drugs
May 15, 2015 at 11:22 AM EDT
May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned that a widely used newer class of type 2 diabetes drugs sold by AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Eli Lilly in partnership with Boehringer Ingleheim may cause dangerously high levels of blood acids that could require hospitalization.