The Vioxx scandal: damning Senate testimony reveals drug company ...
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Several scientists testifying before the Senate Finance Committee on November 17 provided substantial evidence that the drug company Merck and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knew of
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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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WASHINGTON -- Merck &amp; Co., which stopped selling its blockbuster Vioxx drug due to heart problems caused by the painkiller, manipulated the design of a key study for a new painkiller to minimize its cardiovascular risks and increase chances of approval, a federal whistle-blower says.
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WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ - Shares of Merck &amp; Co. plunged almost 9 percent Monday after a media report said that documents show the pharmaceutical giant hid or denied evidence for years that its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx cause heart problems.
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Justice Department prosecutors and Securities and Exchange Commission regulators are investigating Merck &#38; Co. for its handling of the painkiller Vioxx, the pharmaceutical giant disclosed yesterday.
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either the recent Senate testimony of David Graham, an unhappy Food and Drug Administration employee, nor the controversy over Merck Inc.
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Congress has been investigating the FDA&#39;s decisions in both the Vioxx and antidepressant cases. The probes have focused on agency reviewers who warned about potential problems but claimed their research was ignored or suppressed by other officials.
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A lawsuit has been filed against the makers of Vioxx, and more are expected to follow. Olga Sanchez of Pharr is claiming that a July 2001 heart attack resulted from her using Vioxx
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U.S. drug safety regulators are  coming under fire for their response to years of suspicions,  confirmed last week, that arthritis drug Vioxx increased the  risks of heart attacks and strokes.
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During a Senate hearing Thursday regarding Vioxx, the arthritis blockbuster pulled off the market in September over concerns about increased risk of heart attacks and
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Jurors in the seventh trial over withdrawn painkiller Vioxx began deliberating Wednesday morning over the plaintiff&#039;s claim that the former Merck &amp;amp; Co. drug caused her 2004 heart attack.
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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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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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The directors of Merck, the giant drug maker, have opened an independent investigation into whether the company acted properly regarding Vioxx, the arthritis treatment that it withdrew from the market in September.
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Merck &amp; Co. Chief Executive Officer Raymond Gilmartin will appear at a Nov. 18 Senate Finance Committee hearing into the withdrawal of the company&#39;s Vioxx painkiller, panel spokeswoman Jill Gerber said today in Washington.
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The public outcry over the withdrawal of the painkiller Vioxx is leading to closer government scrutiny of new drugs to identify and disclose late-developing safety problems.
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What a mess. Weeks after Merck &amp; Co. (MRK ) yanked its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx off the market, the furor is still raging.