Merck short on moral values
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As Democrats continue to search heaven and Earth for a moral values issue they can call their own, I have just the prescription: Why not start with the immoral behavior of giant drug companies such as Merck that continue to sacrifice the health of the
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel urged the government on Thursday to reject Merck & Co Inc's latest bid to sell a cholesterol-lowering drug without a prescription.
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Merck &amp; Co Inc. is evaluating why its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx raises the chance of heart attack and stroke, but it has not found a mechanism of action, a company official said on Monday.
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Investors care more about the drugmaker's future than its Q4 results.
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Merck & Co and Schering-Plough Corp said a closely watched study involving its Vytorin cholesterol treatment failed to reach its main goal.
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A disturbing number of doctors do not feel obligated to tell patients about medical options they oppose morally, such as abortion and teen birth control, and believe they have no duty to refer people elsewhere for such treatments, researchers say.
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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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By Rosie Murray-West, City Correspondent (Filed: 01/10/2004). US pharmaceutical giant Merck lost about a quarter of its value yesterday after it pulled arthritis drug Vioxx owing to concerns over heart attacks as a side-effect.
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Merck &amp; Co. Inc. on Wednesday provided earnings guidance for 2005 that is below the current expectations of Wall Street, while indicating that sales of its key choloesterol drug would soften next year.
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When Merck&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx was withdrawn from the market in September, concerns over drug safety were pretty much under the radar for the most part, but not today.
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Schering-Plough Corp and Merck & Co are defending their shared cholesterol treatments, Vytorin and Zetia, in advertisements after a failed study generated negative publicity.
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Beleaguered pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. Inc. has appointed a special committee of board members and a retired federal judge to review the company&#39;s actions before it
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When Raymond Gilmartin became chairman of the drug maker Merck, it was close to introducing several new medicines. Now, the company is in crisis.
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Merck &amp; Co. shares fell as much as 7 percent to their lowest level in more than eight years after the Wall Street Journal said the drugmaker tried for years to stop safety concerns from hurting sales of its Vioxx painkiller.
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An experimental cholesterol treatment touted by drugmaker Merck &amp; Co. significantly reduced artery-clogging fats in late-stage testing, but it got a mixed reception from Wall Street analysts Tuesday.
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* The world&#39;s biggest drug company loses $25 billion in market value in one day as investors fear another Vioxx debacle. NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc.
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Merck's HIV vaccine fails in phase 2 trials.