Monday, January 16, 2006
Drug profits infect medical studies
Drug profits infect medical studies
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
He is a consultant to attorneys of patients who took Vioxx and are suing Merck. ... There is no better cautionary tale than the unwarranted success of Vioxx. ...
Vioxx case set in Starr County
Monitor - McAllen,TX,USA
RIO GRANDE CITY -- The nation's fourth lawsuit against Merck & Co.'s Vioxx painkiller, linked to heart problems, is set for jury selection Jan. ...
Expert Opinion on Drug Safety Launches an Open-Access ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
LONDON, January 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the withdrawal of Vioxx, issues surrounding drug safety, adverse events and pharmacovigilance have become more ...Merck Vioxx Judge Threatens to End Suit Consolidation (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The judge overseeing federal lawsuits over Merck & Co.'s Vioxx painkiller said he may end his effort to combine the cases for a possible ...
Truth in advertising; service packaging; 'tingi' marketing
INQ7.net - Philippines
... Take the case of Merck's Vioxx, the acute pain killer and anti-arthritis medication that had to be withdrawn from the market because Merck, or more precisely ...Merck shares dip after downgrade
MarketWatch - USA
... Sales are still reeling from the Whitehouse Station, NJ-based company's decision in 2004 to pull its Vioxx pain-killer off shelves for fear it could cause ...Genetics Plays Role in Side Effects Associated With Painkillers
EndoNurse - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The study looked at people taking two popular painkillers --rofecoxib (Vioxx, Merck) and celecoxib (Celebrex, Pfizer) -- known as COX-2 inhibitors. ...Walgreen's 1Q profit jumps 5%
CNN/Money - USA
... New York Stock Exchange. Copycats like Lipitor can make billions, or fail like Vioxx and Bextra. (Full story). The retailer, which ...
