Merck drops HIV vaccine trials
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The drug giant Merck suspends trials on an HIV vaccine that was regarded as one of the most promising.
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Researchers have halted two studies of an anti-AIDS vaginal gel in Africa and India after early results suggested it might raise the risk of HIV infection instead of lowering it.
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Sanofi-Aventis has withdrawn its   marketing application for its Multaq heart arrhythmia treatment   in the European Union, the world's third-largest drugmaker said   on Thursday.
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Merck &amp; Co. is immediately suspending its lobbying campaign to persuade state legislatures to mandate that adolescent girls get the company's new vaccine against cervical cancer as a requirement for school attendance, the company said Tuesday.
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TRENTON, N.J. - In a disappointing setback, a promising experimental AIDS vaccine failed to work in a large international test, leading the developer to halt the study.
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Health officials said on Friday they  had dropped plans to keep a public list of prescription drugs  with emerging safety concerns, one of the measures proposed  after Merck & Co.'s 2004 withdrawal of its arthritis drug  Vioxx.
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Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.   said on Monday that Merck & Co. Inc.  has  pulled out of a partnership to develop an experimental drug for  atherosclerosis after results from a mid-stage clinical trail.
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Decode Genetics Inc. said on Thursday  it was halting its late-stage clinical trial program for an  experimental oral heart attack drug after a formulation problem  with the tablets cropped up.
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Merck &amp; Co., bowing to pressure from parents and medical groups, is immediately suspending its lobbying campaign to persuade state legislatures to mandate that adolescent girls get the company's new vaccine against cervical cancer as a requirement for school attendance.
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Merck &amp; Co. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa  - South Africa's main  AIDS treatment lobby group has dropped a court case against the  government demanding it reveal target dates for the rollout of  life-prolonging drugs, activists and officials said Sunday.
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Merck & Co Inc on Wednesday voluntarily recalled about 1.2 million doses of its widely used children's vaccines after quality-control checks found production equipment may not have been properly sterilized.
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Scientists are no nearer finding a vaccine against HIV after more than 20 years of research, a top expert says.
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Clinical trials of a new microbicide gel designed to help prevent women contracting HIV are stopped.
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Merck & Co. said on Thursday withdrew  its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer trial  confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk of  heart attack and stroke.
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The Indian drug company Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd., has pulled all of its antiretroviral drugs from a World Health Organization (WHO) program that sets minimum quality standards for cheaper anti-AIDS drugs designated for use in poor nations.
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Merck & Co Inc. Thursday pulled its  arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the  risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent its shares  plunging, erasing $25 billion of its market value.