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GAO: FDA yet to make safety changes post-Vioxx
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Dec 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration still hasn't restructured its staff to better monitor drug safety, more than three years after experts recommended key changes in the wake of the Vioxx scandal.
Is it right for drug companies to carry out their own clinical trials?
Nov 30, 2009 |
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In BMJ today two experts debate whether the conflict of interest is unacceptable when drug companies carry out clinical trials on their own medicines.
FDA probes liver damage with weight loss pill alli
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Aug 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of liver damage in patients taking alli, the only nonprescription weight loss drug approved by the agency.
Mass. doctor accused of faking pain pill data
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Mar 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Massachusetts anesthesiologist has been accused of faking data for a dozen years in 21 published studies that suggested after-surgery benefits from painkillers including Vioxx and Celebrex.
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FDA proposal on drug articles under fire
Apr 20, 2008 |
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Claims that the pharmaceutical company Merck hired ghostwriters for Vioxx articles has put heat on a U.S. proposal to loosen drug promotion rules.
Merck's Vioxx cases drag on
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Aug 21, 2007 |
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Lawsuits related to the painkiller Vioxx have little prospect of resolution for the thousands who have sued the drug company Merck, it was reported.
Vioxx appeal to go before New Jersey court
Jul 25, 2006 |
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The New Jersey Supreme Court reportedly has agreed to hear Merck & Co.'s appeal of the class certification of a Vioxx lawsuit.
New study may explain Vioxx side-effects
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Aug 27, 2007 |
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Vioxx and related pain medications were taken off the market in 2004 because they caused dangerous heart problems in some people. A group of scientists, led by Timothy Hla at the University of Connecticut, may now have figured ...
Study: Vioxx poses even short-term risks
May 03, 2006 |
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A Montreal study raises questions about even short-term use of the pain drug Vioxx and may harm Merck & Co.'s defense against 11,500 lawsuits, a report said.
Popular arthritis drug may disrupt heart rhythm, UB research finds
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Jan 24, 2008 |
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Celebrex, a popular arthritis drug that blocks pain by inhibiting an enzyme known as COX-2, has been shown in laboratory studies to induce arrhythmia, or irregular beating of the heart, via a novel pathway unrelated to its ...
Too much information? Study shows how ignorance can be influential
Mar 24, 2008 |
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In the current issue of The RAND Journal of Economics, USC researchers provide a challenge to the classic economic model of information manipulation, in which knowing more than anybody else is the key to influence.
Study finds that vioxx reduces the risk of colorectal polyps
Aug 30, 2006 |
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A researcher from Dartmouth reports the results of a clinical trial that shows that the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor rofecoxib (VIOXX®) reduces the risk of colorectal adenomas, or polyps. Polyps are benign tumors that ...
FDA pans Merck's new pain pill
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Apr 13, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected Merck's bid to sell the pain medication Arcoxia in the United States.
Prostaglandin receptor key to atherosclerosis development
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Atherosclerosis – a disease that includes the buildup of fatty, cholesterol-laden lumps of cells inside the artery wall – is the underlying cause of heart attacks and strokes.
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