Pfizer Defends Celebrex Against Charge of Heart Risk
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Pfizer Inc., the world&#39;s biggest drugmaker, defended its painkiller Celebrex after a researcher&#39;s suggestion the medication may be linked to heart risks sent the stock down as much as 8.3 percent.
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. will  announce plans for a large-scale clinical trial of the ability  of blockbuster drug Celebrex to prevent heart attacks and  strokes in patients with cardiovascular disease, the Wall  Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Pfizer reaffirmed its commitment today to Celebrex, its blockbuster prescription medication for pain and inflammation from arthritis, despite a disclosure last week that the drug had increased
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A study in a leading medical journal found Pfizer&#39;s Celebrex does not pose the same risk of causing heart attacks as Vioxx, the competing medicine Merck withdrew from the market because of safety concerns.
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A paper published Tuesday suggests that Vioxx posed heart risks that a similar drug, Celebrex, does not.
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday said its popular Celebrex arthritis drug more than doubled the risk of heart attack in a large cancer-prevention trial, a setback that comes just weeks after Merck & Co. recalled its similar Vioxx drug due to heart safety risks.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md.  - Rival drug giants Pfizer Inc.  PFE.N and Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N argued conflicting views  of the dangers of their pain relievers on Wednesday to U.S.  science advisers weighing the risks of medicines similar to  recalled arthritis drug Vioxx.
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NEW YORK -- At the request of the Food and Drug Administration, Pfizer Inc. ( PFE) agreed to limit its promotion of Celebrex, in the wake of a clinical trial that tied the painkiller to an increased rate of
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PHILADELPHIA - Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its popular pain-reliever Celebrex may double the risk of heart attack at high doses, triggering a torrent of new warnings about an entire class of drugs used by millions.
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Celebrex, a huge-selling painkiller sold by Pfizer, more than tripled the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death among those taking high doses in a national trial, the company said yesterday.
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Pfizer said today that it would sponsor a major clinical trial of Celebrex, its prescription arthritis pain medication, to assess the cardiovascular benefits of the drug.
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Doctors should limit use of Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex and Bextra pain drugs while regulators continue to weigh their cardiovascular risks, the US Food and Drug Administration said today.
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Users of an anti-arthritis drug linked by a study to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes have been urged not to panic. The UK Department of Health said users of Celebrex, manufactured by US drug
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No. 1 drugmaker to end marketing push after study points to higher risk of heart attack, stroke. NEW YORK (CNN) - Under pressure from regulators, Pfizer has agreed to limit advertising of Celebrex after a
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[India News]: New York, Dec 20 : America&#39;s multibillion dollar pharmaceutical industry has been shaken by reports that Pfizer&#39;s high-profile arthritis drug, Celebrex, is said to cause an increased risk of heart attack.
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. has acknowledged that a 1999 study found Alzheimer's patients taking the pain killer Celebrex were up to four times more likely to have cardiovascular risk factors than those taking a placebo.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - Pfizer Inc.'s pain reliever Celebrex should be approved for treating rheumatoid arthritis in children despite uncertainty about the risks of long-term use, U.S. advisers said on Wednesday.