Archive for February, 2008

29
Feb
Filed under (Vioxx News and Information) by admin @ 07:56 pm

Boston Globe - The dizzying array of celebrities pushing various drugs on television and elsewhere over the years has been enough to make people think they’re hallucinating. Figure skater Dorothy Hamill promoted Merck & Co.’s infamous Vioxx. Folksinger Shawn Colvin …

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Saying his agency is at “a critical turning point,” the head of the FDA is urging Congress to give new clout to the agency by summer.

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CNN Money - Deadline In Merck Vioxx Settlement A key deadline in Merck & Co.’s (MRK) proposed $4.85 billion settlement of Vioxx product liability litigation comes Saturday, Mar. 8

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Science Daily - COX-2 inhibitors (which include Vioxx and Celebrex) may do the same. However, these drugs also suppress a prostanoid that helps protect the heart, and in 2004 Vioxx was withdrawn from the market due to an excess of cardiovascular events noted in long …

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29
Feb
Filed under (Vioxx News and Information) by admin @ 06:52 am

How did big pharma do in 2007?

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29
Feb
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MSN MoneyCentral - Merck’s lack of growth comes from the charge associated with paying its monster $4.85 billion settlement for Vioxx. While it’s an awful lot of money to give up, these things happen, and investors should be willing to excuse them — assuming they …

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29
Feb
Filed under (Vioxx News and Information) by admin @ 06:41 am

MSNBC - Merck’s lack of growth comes from the charge associated with paying its monster $4.85 billion settlement for Vioxx. While it’s an awful lot of money to give up, these things happen, and investors should be willing to excuse them — assuming they …

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Portland Press Herald - Just look at how many doctors wrote prescriptions for Vioxx, for example, after being visited by a Vioxx drug rep pushing it as a “miracle drug” for joint pain.

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29
Feb
Filed under (Vioxx News and Information) by admin @ 05:16 am

Portland Press Herald - Just look at how many doctors wrote prescriptions for Vioxx, for example, after being visited by a Vioxx drug rep pushing it as a “miracle drug” for joint pain.

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CNN Money - But since Vioxx was pulled off the market more than three years ago, the agency has stepped up the number of public-health advisories aimed at consumers and more recently has started issuing so called “early communications,” informing the public that …

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