Pfizer arthritis drug not safe for kids-US panel
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Current data do not show  Pfizer Inc.'s pain reliever Celebrex is safe for treating  rheumatoid arthritis in children, a U.S. advisory panel  narrowly ruled on Wednesday.
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Pfizer Inc. said its arthritis drug Bextra, which is in the same drug class as Merckâs just-recalled Vioxx medication, has more severe risks than previously disclosed.
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NEW YORK, December 30  - New prescriptions for pharmaceutical major Pfizerâs (PFE.NYS) arthritis drug Celebrex declined 56% last week after the company revealed that the regular usage of the drug could enhance the risk of heart attacks
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Celebrex, an arthritis drug in the same class as the recalled painkiller Vioxx, caused irregular heartbeats in fruit flies and in heart cells taken from laboratory rats, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
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The safety of Celebrex and other pain relievers was questioned Wednesday as scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe said they feared such drugs might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.    One key researcher charged the U.S...
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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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A drug used to treat behaviour problems in children has been linked to liver damage, say experts.
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Pfizer Inc. says it will immediately pull advertising for its top-selling arthritis pain reliever Celebrex, whose safety was called into question last week after a study found an increased risk of heart attacks in patients taking high dosages of the drug.
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The American public is &quot;virtually defenseless&quot; if another medication such as Vioxx proves to be unsafe after it is approved for sale, a government drug safety reviewer told a congressional committee Thursday.
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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.
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday said patients taking its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex in a long-term cancer-prevention trial had more than twice the number of fatal or non-fatal heart attacks as those taking a placebo.
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Pfizer Inc. may fall short in convincing federal regulators that its painkiller Celebrex should receive expanded approval to treat children with a devastating form of arthritis, according to documents released Tuesday.
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NEW YORK/OTTAWA  - Pfizer Inc. PFE.N said on  Thursday its arthritis drug Celebrex was safe after a report in  a Canadian newspaper linked it to 14 deaths,
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A U.S. consumer group on Monday accused  Pfizer Inc. of burying a study suggesting its painkiller  Celebrex boosts the risk of heart attack and stroke, a claim  the No. 1 drug maker has denied.
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Pfizer on Sunday reaffirmed its commitment to Celebrex, its blockbuster prescription medication for pain and inflammation from arthritis, despite a disclosure last week that the drug had increased the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death among some
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Antidepressant drugmakers such as Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Wyeth will have to disclose trial results suggesting a higher risk of suicide among children and teenagers taking the pills, US regulators said.
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A prominent drug-safety expert has been removed from a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel meeting on Vioxx and other arthritis drugs because of comments he made this week suggesting that the entire class of medications may be unsafe.