Merck Chief Is Asked to Testify
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A top Republican lawmaker called Wednesday for Merck &amp; Company to answer questions about its withdrawn drug Vioxx on Nov. 18 at the first Congressional hearing to address the drug&#39;s safety problems.
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The president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association has agreed to testify in front of a House panel investigating the effects of performance-enhancing drugs.
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Merck & Co. Inc.  said on Monday it had received a subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department and that the Securities and Exchange Commission has started an informal inquiry concerning its recalled pain reliever Vioxx.
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Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating Merck &amp; Company in connection with Vioxx, the painkiller that was pulled from the market in late September
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A leading U.S. Senate Republican  this week demanded internal documents from Merck & Co. Inc.  MRK.N that could answer questions about the company's  interaction with U.S. regulators over its arthritis drug Vioxx.
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OTTAWA -- The man who ran the scandal-plagued federal sponsorship program begins testifying Wednesday at the inquiry looking into the affair.
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Representative Henry Waxman, the chairman of a House oversight committee may call baseball players to testify at a hearing on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
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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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A top Republican lawmaker on  Wednesday called on Merck & Co. Inc. to answer questions about  its withdrawn drug Vioxx at the first congressional hearing on  Nov. 18 to address the arthritis medicine's safety problems.
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NEW YORK -- Merck &amp; Co.'s campaign to defend itself in the wake of the recall of the pain reliever Vioxx intensified last week, as it placed a package of three full-page ads in seven prominent newspapers beginning last Friday. That follows several television appearances, as well as testimony before Congress by the company's chief executive.
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On Sunday, 60 Minutes will run a story asking if Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) knew about the dangers of Vioxx, the arthritis drug that was pulled from the market because it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Drug maker Merck &amp; Co. reported Tuesday that its board appointed a special committee to review the company&#39;s actions before withdrawing blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx from the market Sept.
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Justice Department prosecutors and Securities and Exchange Commission regulators are investigating Merck &amp; Co. for its handling of the painkiller Vioxx, the pharmaceutical giant disclosed yesterday.
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The House Energy and Commerce  Committee on Friday asked two Hewlett-Packard Co.   executives to testify at a hearing later this month in the wake  of the scandal over the company's investigation into media  leaks.
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Cigarette makers on Thursday tried  to portray former Food and Drug Administration chief David  Kessler as a publicity-seeker out to get the industry as he  took the stand as the first witness in the government's $280  billion racketeering suit.
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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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A U.S. government panel has asked a corporate ethics lawyer from Hewlett-Packard (HP) to testify in its Sept. 28 hearing onÂ the company's use of "pretexting"Â to spy on journalists, board members and other employees.