Merck Should Have Pulled Vioxx in 2000 -Study
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US drugs giant Merck &amp; 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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A new research published by the Lancet suggests that Vioxx, a widely-prescribed arthritis drug withdrawn on safety grounds in September should have been taken off the market several years earlier.
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Pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. abruptly ordered a worldwide recall of its premier arthritis drug Vioxx on Thursday after a company-run study confirmed that long-term use of the pills increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Merck said it voluntarily pulled the drug after new data from a clinical trial found an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Vioxx, the blockbuster arthritis drug heavily promoted on TV and taken by some 2 million people worldwide, was pulled from the market by its maker yesterday after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Like millions of Americans, Judith Krengel of Centerville was shocked to hear Thursday that Merck &amp; Co. voluntarily pulled Vioxx from the market after clinical trials found increased risk of heart attack and stroke for long-term users.
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Less than six weeks after Vioxx was pulled from pharmacy shelves because of evidence it increased a patient&#39;s risk of heart attack or stroke, some researchers are raising
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The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by 2  million people around the world, is being pulled off the market  after a study confirmed longstanding concerns that it raises  the risk of heart attack and stroke, the manufacturer, Merck &  Co. MRK.N, said on Thursday.
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Merck & Co Inc. on Thursday pulled its  arthritis drug Vioxx off the market after a study showed it  doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent  its shares plunging and erased $25 billion from its market  value.
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Merck Labs has pulled Vioxx, their arthritis drug, off the market after discovering during trials the possibility of a link to stroke or heart attack.
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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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The arthritis drug rofecoxib (Vioxx) was withdrawn from the market after a study demonstrated that it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Scientific evidence of increased heart attack risk associated with popular arthritis drug Vioxx was available as early as 2000, say Swiss scientists, although the drug was only withdrawn in September 2004.
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Merck announced on Sept. 29 a voluntary worldwide withdrawal of Vioxx (rofecoxib), a so-called COX-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, or NSAID.
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The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by  millions of people around the world, is being pulled off the  market after a study confirmed long-standing concerns that it  raises the risk of heart attack and stroke, the manufacturer,  Merck & Co. MRK.N, said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The US Food and Drug Administration could not force Merck to perform safety studies of arthritis drug Vioxx after it hit the market in 1999, but the agency successfully &quot;negotiated&quot; the long-term studies that uncovered Vioxx&#39;s heart
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Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs - with a few caveats - even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say. But the problems with Vioxx raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration's safety review process and the length of time it took Merck to pull the drug, observers say...