Drugmaker ignored safety risks of Vioxx, heart expert testifies

 

Drugmaker ignored safety risks of Vioxx, heart expert testifies
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
BY JOHN CURRAN. ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- A heart expert told jurors Friday that Vioxx manufacturer Merck & Co. ignored evidence the pain ...

Federal Vioxx trial moving to Houston
Bryan College Station Eagle - TX, United States
... Yet another Hurricane Katrina "evacuee" has a home in Houston - the nation's first federal civil trial involving Merck & Co.'s withdrawn painkiller, Vioxx. ...

Pharmaceutical companies have been ill for a long while
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
The slide down the stock market started five years ago for big pharmaceutical companies -- long before the multimillion-dollar verdict over Vioxx and before ...

Judge intervenes in testy Vioxx witness, lawyer exchanges
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... and a key plaintiff's witness escalated Tuesday and the judge told attorneys to calm down during the second trial over Merck & Co.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx ...

Judge intervenes in testy Vioxx witness, lawyer exchanges
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - A key witness for a man blaming use of Vioxx for his heart attack returned to the stand Tuesday, aggressively defending his prior testimony ...

FDA rejects Bextra-like drug
MarketWatch - USA
... Bextra and parecoxib are chemically related to Merck's pain reliever Vioxx, which was taken off the market last year after a study showed it could cause ...

Summary Box: Medical Reseach Spending
Washington Post - United States
... IN THE NEWS: More attention is being paid to medical research thanks to liability lawsuits over the painkiller Vioxx and the political debate over stem cell ...