Senator Grassley Attends Vioxx Hearing
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Makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx and the FDA are the subject of Senate scrutiny today...and an Iowa Senator is asking the tough questions.
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Senator Charles E. Grassley charged on Friday that top federal drug regulators intend to suppress a study on the safety of Celebrex and Bextra.
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The former commander of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and several soldiers who were treated there are slated to appear before a congressional committee on Monday as lawmakers probe poor conditions at part of the service's premier hospital.
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HARLINGEN, Texas -- Attorneys for Merck &amp; Co. want to see bank and cellphone records that could show the extent of a juror's financial relationship with a plaintiff who won a $32 million verdict against the drug company in the death of a 71-year-old man who took Vioxx.
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Veteran Food and Drug Administration safety officer tells a Senate hearing on the recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx that five other widely used drugs should  either be withdrawn or sharply restricted.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association will testify before Congress this month as part of its investigation into steroids in sports.
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During a Senate hearing Thursday regarding Vioxx, the arthritis blockbuster pulled off the market in September over concerns about increased risk of heart attacks and
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Representative Henry Waxman, the chairman of a House oversight committee may call baseball players to testify at a hearing on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
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A top Republican lawmaker raised concerns about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability to monitor drug safety following Merck & Co. Inc.'s recall of its arthritis drug last week, according to a letter made public on Tuesday.
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Merck&#39;s recall of its arthritis pain drug, Vioxx, because of elevated risks of heart attack and stroke has obscured another important issue that Congress, in investigating the matter, must face squarely and deal with: What happens when pharmaceutical
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The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee yesterday called on the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate alleged attempts to discredit a Food and Drug Administration whistle-blower.
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A leading U.S. Senate Republican  this week demanded internal documents from Merck & Co. Inc.  MRK.N that could answer questions about the company's  interaction with U.S. regulators over its arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Amid questions about whether the arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off the market soon enough, a key senator suggested Friday that an independent
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ASHINGTON, Aug. 19 - The meeting had all the hallmarks of an ordinary Congressional hearing. There was Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, discussing the problems faced by ordinary citizens mistakenly placed on ...
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Raymond V. Gilmartin, the top executive at troubled pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. , could testify as soon as March in some of the dozens of lawsuits filed in New Jersey over Merck's withdrawal of its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx.
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A US senator who underwent emergency brain surgery last December makes his first public appearance.
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A medical officer responsible for evaluating Vioxx testified that there were preliminary indications of heart problems with the painkiller, but it was difficult to sort through conflicting data.