Tuesday, October 25, 2005
For Merck, second Vioxx trial off to inauspicious start
For Merck, second Vioxx trial off to inauspicious start
Miami Herald - FL,USA
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - For Merck & Co., its second trial over failed painkiller Vioxx is another bitter pill. The beleaguered New Jersey ...Drugmakers improve their image in NJ
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
... verdict against Merck, in which a Texas jury last month held the company liable for $253.4 million in the wrongful death of a man who took the painkiller Vioxx ...
Merck's Vioxx Can Cause Heart Attack With One Dose, Expert Says
Bloomberg - USA
19 (Bloomberg) -- Merck & Co.'s painkiller Vioxx may cause heart attacks with one dose, a heart expert said at the second product-liability trial over the drug ...Class action filed for NZers who took Vioxx
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
American lawyers have filed a class action for all New Zealanders who took the potentially lethal painkilling drug Vioxx. The legal ...Vioxx federal trial moved from New Orleans to Houston
Houston Business Journal - Houston,TX,USA
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the nation's first federal trial involving Vioxx, a painkiller manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., has been ...Doctor: Vioxx Use Can Cause Heart Attack
Boonville Daily News - MO, USA
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Intermittent use of Vioxx or even a day's use of the painkiller could be enough to cause a heart attack, a prominent heart and medication ...
Big Pharma needs to overhaul risk assessment
Financial Times - London,England,UK
... The biggest is Merck's withdrawal of Vioxx a year ago after finding increased heart attack risk, forgoing $2bn in annual sales and potentially attracting ...Over-the-counter drugs have widespread safety problems, too
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
... Although much attention has been paid recently to drug-safety problems that have emerged in newer prescription drugs, such as Vioxx, the same scrutiny hasn't ...The bad news keeps coming for the painkillers
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
With the news that Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra, and Aleve all cause an increase in the risk of heart disease and stroke, there doesn't seem to be any good news for ...Follow-up studies on medical devices are never completed 22 ...
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
... After the difficulty that the FDA has faced with the approval of Vioxx and Celebrex, there may be shake-up in the medical device industry, as well. ...Man-made snail venom offers pain relief
Scripps Howard News Service - USA
... FDA approval of Prialt, a non-opioid, comes at a time when other pain medications - such as Vioxx, which was withdrawn by its maker, Merck & Co., last September ...Pfizer profits up 470% on year despite wilting Viagra sales
Guardian - UK
... profits yesterday as the company benefited from the woes of rivals such as Merck, which was sent reeling by the withdrawal of its arthritis treatment Vioxx. ...
