Methodology [edit]. Median age is the age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups-that is, half the people are younger than this age and half are older. It is a single index that summarizes the age distribution of a population. Currently, the median age ranges from a low of about 15 in Uganda to 40 or more in several European countries, Canada and Japan.
The consumer watchdog group Public Citizen has petitioned the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to have Victoza taken off the market because of the drugâs potential to cause pancreatitis and other serious side effects.
In the last few weeks there has been an FDA alert about these diabetes drugs as well as a new significant medical journal article about a study concerning Byetta and Januvia which both have to do, in part, with the possible association between pancreatic cancer and the use of Victoza, Januvia, Byetta, etc.