Merck Pulls Arthritis Drug from Market
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Merck & Co Inc. Thursday pulled its  arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the  risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent its shares  plunging, erasing $25 billion of its market value.
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Merck & Co Inc. MRK.N pulled its  arthritis drug Vioxx off the market on Thursday after a study  showed it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke. The move  sent the company's shares plunging almost 27 percent and erased  $25 billion of its market value.
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Fitch Ratings on Thursday cut Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) top &quot;AAA&quot; rating by two notches, citing its withdrawal of the arthritis drug Vioxx and subsequent
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Merck & Co. said on Thursday withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Oct. 11 issue - Last week Merck pulled its blockbuster arthritis-and-pain-relief drug Vioxx from the market. This week the 1.27 million Americans who were taking it are wondering what to do.
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Merck &amp; Co Inc. should have pulled the arthritis drug Vioxx off the market in 2000, because there was enough evidence that showed it was associated with an increased heart attack risk, according to researchers.
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Drug company Pfizer has pulled its advertising of arthritis drug Celebrex following a study suggesting it could cause heart attacks and strokes.
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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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Wall Street stock indexes closed out a dismal third quarter mixed Thursday after Merck &amp; Co. stated it would remove its best-selling Vioxx arthritis drug from the market.
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THE Ministry of Health yesterday urged Jamaicans to immediately discontinue the use of the arthritis drug Vioxx (refecoxib), which was pulled off the market yesterday by its manufacturer Merck &amp; Co.
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NEW YORK - Wall Street closed out a dismal third quarter with a mixed performance Thursday after Merck & Co. said it would be forced to remove its best-selling Vioxx arthritis drug from the market...
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Merck &amp; Co. withdrew its Vioxx painkiller, which generated $2.5 billion in sales last year, because of a link to heart attacks and strokes.
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NEW YORK - Should Merck have conducted a bigger trial to test the safety of its arthritis drug Vioxx? Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) pulled Vioxx from the market two weeks ago, but questions about the
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US drugs giant Merck &amp; 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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On Thursday, Merck &amp; Co Inc. recalled its popular arthritis pain medication Vioxx from the market making one of the biggest drug withdrawals in the US history.
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Merck & Co. MRK.N said on Thursday  withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer  trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk  of heart attack and stroke.
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(CBS/AP) Vioxx, the blockbuster arthritis drug heavily promoted on TV and taken by tens of millions of people, was pulled from the market by its maker Thursday after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.