Merck short on moral values
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As Democrats continue to search heaven and Earth for a moral values issue they can call their own, I have just the prescription: Why not start with the immoral behavior of giant drug companies such as Merck that continue to sacrifice the health of the
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Merck & Co and Schering-Plough Corp said a closely watched study involving its Vytorin cholesterol treatment failed to reach its main goal.
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Merck & Co.  said on Friday it would delay seeking approval for a combination pill designed to lower "bad" cholesterol, increase "good" cholesterol and avoid a common side effect of one of the ingredients.
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TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market posted a small gain Thursday, pushed higher by the gold sector, but drug company Merck &amp; Co.
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Fitch Ratings on Thursday cut Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) top &quot;AAA&quot; rating by two notches, citing its withdrawal of the arthritis drug Vioxx and subsequent
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When Merck&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx was withdrawn from the market in September, concerns over drug safety were pretty much under the radar for the most part, but not today.
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Top executives at pharmaceutical giant  Merck & Co. Inc. decided in May 2000 against developing a study  to test directly whether its Vioxx painkiller drug might pose a  heart risk, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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WHAT a pill Vioxx turned out to be for Merck. Between 50 cents and 60 cents a share were lopped off expected earnings this year after the US pharmaceutical giant gave up defending its painkiller in public
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Merck &amp; Co. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) saw its ratings slashed by a third credit ratings agency on Tuesday as Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s delivered the final blow
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Merck &amp; Co. Inc. on Wednesday provided earnings guidance for 2005 that is below the current expectations of Wall Street, while indicating that sales of its key choloesterol drug would soften next year.
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Pharmaceutical company Merck &amp; Co. &quot;strongly&quot; disagreed Thursday with the conclusions of a Food and Drug Administration-funded study that said use of the company&#39;s arthritis pain reliever Vioxx increased the risk of heart attack.
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A New Jersey jury ruled that Merck failed to provide adequate warning about the risks of its Vioxx painkiller in one of two cases decided.
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Merck &amp; Co Inc. is evaluating why its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx raises the chance of heart attack and stroke, but it has not found a mechanism of action, a company official said on Monday.
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Merck &amp; Co Inc. should have pulled the arthritis drug Vioxx off the market in 2000, because there was enough evidence that showed it was associated with an increased heart attack risk, according to researchers.
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Merck & Co.  said on Friday it  would delay seeking approval for a combination pill designed to  lower "bad" cholesterol, increase "good" cholesterol and avoid  a common side effect of one of the ingredients.
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The share price of US drugs giant Merck falls to an eight-year low after it announces that it has been forced to withdraw a key drug on side effect fears.
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The government is questioning if too many of the wrong people will take cholesterol-lowering Mevacor if it's sold without a prescription, days before Merck & Co. makes its third try to move the drug over the counter.