Liraglutide does not boost thyroid cancer risk in monkeys even when they are given enormous doses, he says.

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Another GLP-1 analog is liraglutide, sold by Nova Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) as Victoza.

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Thomsen says new data from recently completed two-year human studies of liraglutide show no hints of thyroid problems in roughly 1, 500 patients.

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Should it demand additional, longer-term human studies of liraglutide before approving the drug that could reassure people that the risk is low?

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