Archive for February, 2008
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 … Originally Syndicated via RSS from Live Search News: vioxx
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. Originally Syndicated via RSS from Yahoo! News Search Results for vioxx
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 Originally Syndicated via RSS from Live Search News: vioxx
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 However, these drugs also suppress a prostanoid that helps protect the heart, and in 2004 Vioxx was withdrawn from the market due to an excess of cardiovascular events noted in long … Originally Syndicated via RSS from Live Search News: vioxx
How did big pharma do in 2007? Originally Syndicated via RSS from Yahoo! News Search Results for vioxx
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 … Originally Syndicated via RSS from Live Search News: vioxx
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 … Originally Syndicated via RSS from Live Search News: vioxx
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. Originally Syndicated via RSS from Live Search News: vioxx
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. Originally Syndicated via RSS from Live Search News: vioxx
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 … Originally Syndicated via RSS from Live Search News: vioxx |
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