Merck Disagrees With Vioxx Analysis
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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 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.
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WASHINGTON A US Food and Drug Administration official on Friday &quot;categorically&quot; rejected accusations that the agency had failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs, especially Merck&#39;s Vioxx painkiller.
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People taking Vioxx may feel betrayed now that the popular painkiller and arthritis medicine has been pulled from the market. Merck, the manufacturer of the drug, and the US Food and Drug Administration knew
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee is investigating how Vioxx was approved and then taken off the market. It has written to Lester Crawford, FDA, and Ray Gilmartin, CEO of Merck, requesting documents about Vioxx.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- A government official who first warned of dangers in Merck&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx is now pointing a finger at Bayer AG, charging that the firm held back evidence of a deadly side effect of its cholesterol drug Baycol.
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The reputation of the drug industry took another heavy blow yesterday with a report suggesting that Merck had fought for years to cover up evidence linking its painkiller Vioxx to heart attacks and strokes.
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Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co Inc.  had evidence by 2000 that its painkiller Vioxx, which was  pulled off the market on Sept. 30, was not safe, a heart  specialist told CBS News program "60 Minutes" on Sunday.
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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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Drug maker Merck &amp; Co. Inc. on Tuesday said its board appointed a committee to review the company&#39;s actions prior to the voluntary withdrawal of its painkiller Vioxx.
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The Food and Drug Administration ignored danger signals from its own scientists about Merck and Co. Inc.&#39;s Vioxx painkiller, Sen. Charles Grassley told a hearing Thursday into the drug&#39;s withdrawal in September.
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Description: Drug maker Merck knew about the health risks of taking the pain medication Vioxx long before it pulled the drug from the market, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Internal e-mails and other documents from Merck &amp; Co. show the company fought for years to keep safety concerns from undermining the drug&#39;s commercial prospects, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Now that Merck &amp; Co. has removed its arthritis painkiller Vioxx from the market after tests found that it increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes, its rival Pfizer is taking a surprising stance.
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Merck &amp; Co. officials said Tuesday they intend to defend aggressively their handling of the painkiller Vioxx against claims by patients who say they were harmed by the now-withdrawn drug.
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U.S. drugs giant Merck & Co Inc. should  have pulled its Vioxx painkiller from the market four years ago  because data showing it raised the risk of heart attacks has  existed since 2000, Swiss scientists said on Friday.
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - Merck & Co.  failed to provide adequate warnings about health risks tied to its withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx in one case, but gave adequate warning in another, a New Jersey jury found on Friday in a split decision in two suits tried simultaneously.