Merck Knew Vioxx Was Unsafe by 2000 - Report
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Pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co Inc. had evidence by 2000 that its painkiller Vioxx, which was pulled off the market on Sept. 30, was not safe, a heart specialist told CBS News program &quot;60 Minutes&quot; on Sunday.
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U.S. drug safety regulators are coming under fire for their response to years of suspicions, confirmed last week, that arthritis drug Vioxx increased the risks of heart attacks and strokes.
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Soon after the anti-arthritis and painkiller drug Vioxx was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1999, credible questions surfaced about the risk of serious cardiovascular problems in people who took it.
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Merck announced that it would stop selling Vioxx, because a study found that it doubled patients' risk of heart attack and strokes.
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Merck &amp; Co. yesterday pulled the blockbuster pain medicine Vioxx off the market, announcing that a new company-sponsored study showed the drug doubled the risk
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Merck &amp; Co.'s board of directors said Wednesday that a 20-month investigation funded by the pharmaceutical company found that senior management acted responsibly in its development and marketing of its now withdrawn pain reliever Vioxx.
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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 &amp; Co., Inc., knew of problems with its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx long before the drug was pulled from the market in September due to newer studies that linked the medication to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, the Wall Street Journal
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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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The FDA (USA) says it did not try to suppress the findings of a safety official regarding the Vioxx painkiller. Vioxx was taken off the market last week because the drug increases a patient&#39;s risk of having a heart attack.
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Two years after the withdrawal of the painkiller Vioxx, a dysfunctional Food and Drug Administration still can't adequately track the safety of new drugs and respond quickly to problems, a panel of experts said Friday.
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There is an accusation that drug giant Merck knew about safety problems long before pulling its pain reliever Vioxx off the market in September.
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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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The House Energy and Commerce Committee is investigating how Vioxx was approved and then taken off the market. It has written to Lester Crawford, FDA, and Ray Gilmartin, CEO of Merck, requesting documents about Vioxx.
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An analysis in a prominent medical journal reports that the painkiller Vioxx demonstrated an increased risk of heart attack four years ago and should have been withdrawn long before Sept.
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Merck & Co. said on Wednesday it plans  to release data from a study of its recalled arthritis drug  Vioxx at a meeting of specialists later this month.
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Internal e-mails at US drug maker Merck show as long as four years ago the company saw a link between Vioxx and increased heart risk.