Committee Investigates Ad Tactics for Lipitor
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A Congressional committee investigating the Lipitor advertising campaign wants information about payments to people who might have served as stunt doubles for Dr. Robert Jarvik in televised ads.
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The FDA decides to debate the company's lead drug.
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Merck&#39;s board of directors yesterday formed a special committee to review the drug maker&#39;s handling of the controversial painkiller Vioxx.
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The Health Select Committee is to investigate the role of the body which decides which drugs should be available on the NHS.
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An outside panel of health experts will examine whether drug-coated stents used to prop open coronary arteries can produce sometimes fatal blood clots, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
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Washington -- The government should reassess its policy of allowing prescription drugs to be advertised directly to consumers, a prominent cardiologist urged Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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While an FDA committee reviewing Procter &amp; Gamble&#39;s testosterone patch for women didn&#39;t say no last week, it clearly said, &quot;Slow.
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A U.S. advisory panel on Friday urged regulators to reject over-the-counter sales of Merck & Co. Inc.'s  cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor.
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A House of Representatives  subcommittee is expected to take up legislation next week meant  to bolster the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s ability to  monitor prescription drug side effects, the panel&#39;s chairman  said in a letter released on Thursday.
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Will Pfizer be able to offset the looming loss of Lipitor?
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A Congressional committee is investigating Merck and Schering-Plough for their handling of a critical clinical trial of Zetia, their blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug.
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Concerned that a steady diet of TV ads is putting too many pounds on American children, the Federal Communications Commission plans to study links between the ads, viewing habits and the rise of childhood obesity.
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As part of a federal inquiry into drug and medical-device marketing, Boston Scientific Corp. was asked by Congress last week to submit to investigators internal documents, marketing plans, and clinical data related to its top-selling product, the Taxus drug-coated stent.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel began hearing evidence on Thursday about potential risks of drug-coated stents, the tiny tubes used to prop open arteries in millions of heart patients.
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A congressional subcommittee voted Tuesday to subpoena former and current Food and Drug Administration investigators to testify about fraudulent clinical data that supported approval of the antibiotic drug Ketek.
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A House of Representatives subcommittee is expected to take up legislation next week meant to bolster the Food and Drug Administration's ability to monitor prescription drug side effects, the panel's chairman said in a letter released on Thursday.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday  urged regulators to reject over-the-counter sales of Merck &  Co. Inc.'s cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor because of doubts  the medicine could be used safely without a doctor's guidance.