Baycol statin drug should have been pulled from market sooner ...
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A new study states that Bayer AG was too slow in withdrawing Baycol, a cholesterol-lowering medicine called a statin, from the market.
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Merck &amp; 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
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Merck &amp; Co. said it&#39;s withdrawing its Vioxx painkiller, which generated $2.5 billion in worldwide sales last year, because of data showing an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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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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FDA has launched a review of its records of the August 2001 withdrawal from the market of Bayer&#39;s statin Baycol in light of allegations made last week that the pharmaceutical company was aware of the risks associated with the drug but failed to inform FDA
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Merck &amp; Co&#39;s decision to stop selling the painkiller Vioxx, one of its most profitable drugs, could hardly have come at a worse time for the company.
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Merck & Co Inc. MRK.N 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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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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NEW YORK  - Discontinuing statin treatment after a stroke is associated with an increased risk of death or dependency after 90 days, according to a study in the medical journal Neurology.
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Merck &amp; Co. pulls the drug when a study finds it doubles the risk of heart attack and strokes. Tucsonan Carolyn White feels the pain of rheumatoid arthritis in just about every major joint in her body - shoulders
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NEW YORK, Dec. 2 -- Pfizer Inc. announced Saturday that it has cut off all clinical trials and development work for a cholesterol drug that was supposed to be a star product because of an unexpected number of deaths and cardiovascular problems among patients who used it.
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A PAINKILLER for arthritis sufferers should have been banned four years ago, experts said yesterday. Vioxx, used by 400,000 Brits, was taken off the market by its US makers last month due to potentially deadly side-effects.
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Merck &amp; Co Inc. on Thursday pulled its arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent the company&#39;s
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U.S. drugs giant Merck & 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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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. , said on Thursday.
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An arthritis drug should have been taken off the market years before it was finally withdrawn, say researchers.
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The discovery that an experimental cholesterol drug is dangerous is a major setback for what has been considered one of the most promising new approaches to fighting the nation's leading killer, experts said yesterday.