End of Drug Trial Is a Big Loss for Pfizer and Heart Patients
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The abrupt decision to discontinue the drug was a shocking disappointment for Pfizer and for people who suffer from heart disease.
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A major trial comparing treatments to lower blood pressure has been stopped early after one therapy proved significantly more effective in preventing heart attacks and strokes, it was announced today.
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British patients who claim they suffered heart attacks after taking the drug Vioxx have lost the right to fight for compensation in the US
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The US National Institutes of Health halted an Alzheimer&#39;s prevention study of Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex painkiller and the generic naproxen drug because of a heart risk.
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In an announcement that took doctors, patients and stock analysts by complete surprise, lung cancer drug Iressa failed to help patients live longer in a significant clinical trial.
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In an announcement that many doctors were waiting for, Pfizer Inc. said its top-selling painkiller Celebrex -- which is similar to Vioxx -- caused an increased risk of heart attacks when used in high doses during a clinical trial.
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - Pfizer Inc.  shares tumbled as much as 15.6 percent on Monday, wiping out nearly $30 billion of market value, after the world's biggest drug maker unexpectedly ended development of its most important experimental medicine.
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Pfizer ended its widely used discount card for the elderly, leaving Medicare beneficiaries at least temporarily without access to reduced prices for popular medicines.
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An experimental Procter & Gamble  antiarrhythmia drug significantly reduced the number of  episodes of dangerous heart rates in patients with implanted  defibrillators, and the need for uncomfortable shocks from the  devices in a late-stage clinical trial.
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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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Pfizer shares plunged in blizzard-like trading volume Friday after the drugmaker said new data from cancer trials showed its arthritis drug Celebrex posed &quot;increased cardiovascular risk&quot; when used in high doses.
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PFIZER, the drugs group best known for producing Viagra, has suffered a collapse in US sales of its blockbuster Celebrex painkiller on the back of clinical trials showing a heightened risk of heart attacks.
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NEW YORK  - US drug giant Pfizer said it will stop advertising painkiller Celebrex after a trial indicated a heart-attack risk at high doses, but vowed to carry on sales.
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Because of PfizerÂs failed trial, drugs similar to torcetrapib from other companies could face greater scrutiny Â and delays Â in getting to market.
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More than $31bn (Â£16bn) was yesterday knocked off the value of Pfizer, the world&#39;s largest pharmaceutical company and maker of Viagra, after doubts surfaced over the safety of one of its key drugs.
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A drug approved last year as a last-ditch hope for some lung cancer patients who didn&#39;t find relief from other forms of therapy has come up short in a large clinical trial.
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A drug combination that produced such positive results in clinical trials that they were stopped before their scheduled completion date reduces death from coronary heart disease by up to 43 percent, a new study reports.