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An advisory panel recommends approval of a new HIV drug that blocks one key element.
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The Food and Drug Administration  ignored danger signals from its own scientists about Merck and  Co. Inc.'s Vioxx painkiller, Sen. Charles Grassley told a  hearing Thursday into the drug's withdrawal in September.
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Merck & Co Inc. Thursday pulled its  arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the  risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent its shares  plunging, erasing $25 billion of its market value.
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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 Food and Drug Administration insists that until pharmaceutical giant Merck presented new information this week, there was not enough evidence to pull the arthritis drug Vioxx off the market.
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Merck & Co.  said on Friday it  would delay seeking approval for a combination pill designed to  lower "bad" cholesterol, increase "good" cholesterol and avoid  a common side effect of one of the ingredients.
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Merck Labs has pulled Vioxx, their arthritis drug, off the market after discovering during trials the possibility of a link to stroke or heart attack.
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Merck &amp; Co Inc. should have pulled the arthritis drug Vioxx off the market in 2000, because there was enough evidence that showed it was associated with an increased heart attack risk, according to researchers.
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NEW YORK - Investors sent stocks lower Thursday after Merck & Co. said it would be forced to remove its best-selling Vioxx arthritis drug from the market due to serious health risks...
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Merck &amp; Co. forced one of its researchers to remove her name from a study linking Vioxx to heart attacks, then criticized the findings before ultimately pulling the arthritis drug from the market last fall, two of the scientist's colleagues say.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- A federal court invalidated the patent yesterday for Merck &amp; Co.'s second-largest-selling drug, the blockbuster osteoporosis treatment Fosamax, in a decision that offers millions of patients hope for a cheaper version sooner, but darkens the company's already clouded outlook.
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A U.S. advisory panel  urged the government on Thursday to reject Merck & Co Inc's   latest bid to sell a cholesterol-lowering drug without  a prescription.
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Merck &amp; Co. said it&#39;s withdrawing its Vioxx painkiller, which generated $2.5 billion in worldwide sales last year, because of data showing an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Merck &amp; Co. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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A US federal judge refused to allow a class-action lawsuit to proceed against Merck for health problems linked to its Vioxx pain medication, in a major victory for the pharmaceutical giant.
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U.S. drugs giant Merck & 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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Merck & Co Inc. MRK.N pulled its  arthritis drug Vioxx off the market on Thursday after a study  showed it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke. The move  sent the company's shares plunging almost 27 percent and erased  $25 billion of its market value.