Clinic doctor blasts FDA, Merck in Vioxx case
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A drug manufacturer and the Food and Drug Administration failed the public by not heeding the warning signs associated with Vioxx, and Congress should investigate their actions, a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist said Wednesday.
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A medical officer responsible for evaluating Vioxx testified that there were preliminary indications of heart problems with the painkiller, but it was difficult to sort through conflicting data.
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The panel is examining claims that GlaxoSmithKline tried to suppress a doctorâs criticism of its drug Avandia.
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Health care advocates, providers and FDA officials over the weekend &#39;sparred&#39; over alleged problems with the FDA prescription drug safety review process and the safety of five medications currently on the market, after an FDA safety reviewer on Thursday
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Merck & Co. faces a dual threat from health insurers and patients' lawyers, after a U.S. study suggested its Vioxx arthritis drug carries a greater risk than rival medicines.
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A Food and Drug Administration official who sought to estimate the harm done to patients by side effects of the painkiller Vioxx said yesterday that his supervisors tried to suppress his conclusions, according to Sen.
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Law &amp; Order: Pharmaceutical Unit. Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) Chief Executive Raymond V. Gilmartin may testify in some of the many lawsuits filed over the Vioxx recall, a company lawyer said.
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A top Republican lawmaker called Wednesday for Merck &amp; Company to answer questions about its withdrawn drug Vioxx on Nov. 18 at the first Congressional hearing to address the drug&#39;s safety problems.
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FDA efforts to move David Graham have stepped up since he criticized the agency's handling of Merck & Co. Inc.'s now-withdrawn Vioxx painkiller, said his lawyer.
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A scientist working at the US Food and Drug Administration accuses the agency of "profound failure" in its oversight of the recently withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Merck KGaA's U S generic-drug unit was accused by the Department of Justice yesterday of overcharging government health-insurance programs for medicines.
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The U.S. drug safety officer who warned months ago about risks from Merck & Co. Inc.'s painkiller Vioxx won clearance to publish a study arguing the now-recalled drug may have caused up to 139,000 heart attacks and strokes, his attorney said on Monday.
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A US lawmaker called on Wednesday for a probe of reports that Food and Drug Administration officials tried to discredit a veteran scientist who testified over Merck &amp; Co.
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - A New Jersey judge backed a jury's verdict that Merck & Co. properly warned doctors of the safety risks associated with its Vioxx painkiller prior to a Vioxx user's fatal heart attack, a court official said on Monday.
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Merck, the maker of the arthritis drug Vioxx is facing a nationwide legal assault as lawyers representing thousands of people injured or killed by the painkiller meet next week to set the groundwork for a massive action against the drug maker.
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s recall of the Vioxx painkiller shows why the US Food and Drug Administration needs its safety monitors to be independent of those who approve new medicines, FDA scientist David J. Graham told a Senate hearing.
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CLEVELAND -- A doctor with the Cleveland Clinic is calling for a congressional investigation into whether the makers of Vioxx ignored signs it could cause heart problems.