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Monday | Vail Daily News

Vail Daily Wellness Words: Boosting bone density naturally

It hasn't been that long since the arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off the market for increased risk of stroke and heart attack in some patients.

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Related Topix: Vail, CO, Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Medication, Osteoporosis, Fosamax, Alendronate (generic), Life, Food, Nutrition

Fri Dec 11, 2009

The Enquirer

Weighing side effects

A decade ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved use of rofecoxib, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that went on to become a hugely popular pain-relief medication under the brand name Vioxx.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Medication

Thu Dec 10, 2009

Drug Store News

Report: GAO believes FDA yet to make safety changes after Vioxx scandal

WASHINGTON Despite a recommendation for restructuring three years ago following a prescription painkiller scandal, the Food and Drug Administration still hasna t made the changes, according to published reports.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Medication

Personal Injury Law News

Vioxx Scandal Didna t Lead To Changes At FDA

The Vioxx scandal, and the Food & Drug Administrationa s role in it, has not brought about much change at the agency, according to a new government report.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

Thu Dec 03, 2009

USA Today

Court takes on fraud lawsuit vs. Australian bank

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Australian investors can use U.S. securities law and American courts to sue an Australia-based bank for fraud.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Banking, National Australia Bank, Financial Services, Medicine, Medication

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Medical News Today

Should Drug Companies Carry Out Their Own Clinical Trials?

Editor's Choice Main Category: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 30 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST Two experts question on bmj.com today whether the conflict of interest is unethical when drug companies perform clinical trials on their own medicines.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Health

Mon Nov 30, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Court hears Vioxx lawsuit arguments

Lawyers for Merck & Co. have told the Supreme Court that investors waited too long to sue over its warnings about the risks of its former blockbuster painkiller Vioxx before it was pulled from the market.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Medication

US News & World Report

Health Buzz: Study Says Vioxx Risks Were Apparent Early and Other Health News

A new study suggests that evidence linking heart risks to Vioxx, the Merck arthritis drug pulled from the market in 2004, was apparent in 2000, Health Day reports .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Health, Breast Cancer, Diabetes

Sat Nov 28, 2009

BioSpace

Trials Showed Merck & Co., Inc.'s Vioxx Risk 'Years Before...

ScienceDaily a ' Evidence of cardiovascular risks associated with taking Vioxx, the popular, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug , could have been identified nearly four years before its manufacturer, Merck & Co.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Medication, Healthcare Industry

Thu Nov 26, 2009

MediLexicon

Early Cardiovascular Risk Revealed By Vioxx Trial Data

Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Evidence of cardiovascular risks associated with taking Vioxx, the popular, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug , could have been identified nearly four years before its manufacturer, Merck & Co.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Biotech, Merck , Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration, Health

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Netscape

Merck's Vioxx Scandal Widens: Drug Maker Knew Vioxx Was Deadly for Years Before Risk Was Made Public

Merck's Vioxx Scandal Widens: Drug Maker Knew Vioxx Was Deadly for Years Before Risk Was Made Public >> Posted By onlyonesecret 11 hours, 40 minutes ago in Health & Fitness The Vioxx scandal widened this week as new research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine reveals that Vioxx maker Merck held data for three years that proved Vioxx ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

UPI

Merck denies knowing risk of Vioxx

Merck & Co. is disputing it knew Vioxx significantly increased the risk of heart attacks at least three years before it was pulled off the market.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Medication, Healthcare Industry

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Newkerala.com

Rofecoxib's adverse heart effects may have been identified years earlier

Washington, Nov 24 : A new American report suggests that clinical trial data had pointed out the association between the anti-inflammatory drug rofecoxib and cardiovascular risk nearly eight years ago.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

About.com

Painkiller Vioxx Found to Raise Risk of Death Long Before it was Pulled from Market

It's been 5 years since the then CEO of giant drug-maker Merck, Raymond Gilmartin, testified to the US Senate Finance Committee regarding evidence showing that Vioxx increases the risk of death due to heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Biotech, Merck , Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, Law

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Vioxx risks could have been identified years earlier

The significant cardiovascular risks linked to Vioxx could have been identified nearly four years before the anti-inflammatory medication was taken off the market, a new study has concluded, but consumers and physicians didn't have access to such information at the time.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Healthcare Law, Law, Marketing, Biotech, Merck , Healthcare Industry

Physics Blog

Adverse heart effects of rofecoxib may have been identified years earlier

Clinical trial data indicated an association between the anti-inflammatory medication rofecoxib and cardiovascular risk as early as December 2000, before the product was taken off the market in September 2004, according to a report in the November 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Rockbridge Weekly

Law Professor Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief

Washington and Lee University School of Law Prof. Lyman Johnson filed in October an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Merck & Co.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, University of Denver, Medication

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Biotech, Medicine, Genzyme General, Healthcare Industry, Medication, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer, Arthritis, Health, Pain

Tue Oct 27, 2009

SmartMoney

Obama Sides With Investors in Merck Lawsuit

The Obama administration sided with investors Monday in a U.S. Supreme Court case that examines whether shareholders of Merck & Co.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, US News, US Supreme Court, Medication, Healthcare Law, Law

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Fortune

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When Richard Clark was named CEO and president of Merck in 2005, the drug behemoth was reeling in the wake of the Vioxx scandal, which in 2004 forced the company to withdraw the blockbuster painkiller for safety reasons.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Medication, Schering Plough

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