Merck chief ordered before Senate
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Raymond Gilmartin, chief executive of Merck, will testify before a Senate committee this week on the withdrawal of Vioxx, in spite of efforts by the drug company to send others in his place.
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A top Republican lawmaker on  Wednesday called on Merck & Co. Inc. to answer questions about  its withdrawn drug Vioxx at the first congressional hearing on  Nov. 18 to address the arthritis medicine's safety problems.
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Drugmaker Merck has set up an independent committee to review the firm&#39;s actions prior to the withdrawal of its painkiller Vioxx from the market in September.
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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 board of drug safety might
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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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Description: A scientist singles out five drugs as unsafe while testifying before a Senate committee on the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s oversight of Vioxx.
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Merck&#39;s board of directors yesterday formed a special committee to review the drug maker&#39;s handling of the controversial painkiller Vioxx.
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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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VANCOUVER (CP) - Just days after the arthritis drug Vioxx was pulled from store shelves, a class action lawsuit has been launched in BC Supreme Court alleging negligence by drug maker Merck and Co.
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A Senate committee is scheduled to  take action next week on President George W. Bush's pick to  head the Food and Drug Administration, the panel's chairman  said on Wednesday.
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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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Saying there is evidence the Food and Drug Administration is suppressing scientific reports and maintaining too cozy a relationship with drug companies it regulates, US Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa today will hold a hearing on the drug Vioxx.
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The Wall Street Journal reports Merck &amp; Co. of Whitehouse Station, NJ, has begun hunting for a new chief executive officer. The move comes amid a string of bad news at the drug maker, including its recent
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NEW YORK, Nov. 29 -- Drugmaker Merck & Co., under financial siege since pulling its top painkiller Vioxx off the market in September, said Monday it has adopted a plan that would guarantee large severance packages to 230 top executives if the company merges or is taken over.
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VANCOUVER - Just days after the arthritis drug Vioxx was pulled from store shelves, a class action lawsuit has been launched in BC Supreme Court alleging negligence by drug maker Merck and Co.
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Pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. , under siege because of lost revenues from its recalled blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx, will cut about 5,100 jobs by year's end, 700 more than originally planned, and will slash hundreds of millions of dollars in spending, chairman and chief executive Raymond V. Gilmartin said yesterday.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - Drug maker Merck & Co. Inc.   urged U.S. advisers on Thursday to approve the first  over-the-counter sales of a cholesterol-lowering pill, but  regulators questioned if consumers would use it properly.