Merck short on moral values
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As Democrats continue to search heaven and Earth for a moral values issue they can call their own, I have just the prescription: Why not start with the immoral behavior of giant drug companies such as Merck that continue to sacrifice the health of the
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Top executives at pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. Inc. decided in May 2000 against developing a study to test directly whether its Vioxx painkiller drug might pose a heart risk, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - 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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Top executives at pharmaceutical giant  Merck & Co. Inc. decided in May 2000 against developing a study  to test directly whether its Vioxx painkiller drug might pose a  heart risk, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Now that Merck has removed its arthritis painkiller Vioxx from the market after tests found it increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes, its rival Pfizer is taking a surprising stance.
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - Merck & Co.  failed to provide adequate warnings about health risks tied to its withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx in one case, but gave adequate warning in another, a New Jersey jury found on Friday in a split decision in two suits tried simultaneously.
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Federal advisers rejected Merck &amp; Co.'s quest to become the first American drug maker to sell cholesterol-fighting statins over the counter, saying the company's own studies raised potential health risks while offering modest life-saving benefits.
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A high-dose regimen of Merck&#39;s cholesterol drug Zocor offered no conclusive benefits over a low-cholesterol diet and a lower dose of Zocor in preventing a recurrence of cardiac events
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Drug maker Merck & Co. Inc.  urged U.S. advisers on Thursday to approve the first over-the-counter sales of a cholesterol-lowering pill, but regulators questioned if consumers would use it properly.
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Internal e-mails and other documents from Merck &amp; Co. show the company fought for years to keep safety concerns from undermining the drug&#39;s commercial prospects, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Merck & Co. on Wednesday maintained its forecast of flat earnings for 2006 and slightly higher 2007 results as the drugmaker grapples with generic competition, sending its shares down about 1.4 percent.
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When Merck&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx was withdrawn from the market in September, concerns over drug safety were pretty much under the radar for the most part, but not today.
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Merck & Co and Schering-Plough Corp said a closely watched study involving its Vytorin cholesterol treatment failed to reach its main goal.
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TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market posted a small gain Thursday, pushed higher by the gold sector, but drug company Merck &amp; Co.
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SOME of the biggest companies in the drug industry are shivering under an avalanche of bad news. Merck has already been hit hard by the withdrawal of Vioxx, its arthritis drug.
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A New Jersey jury ruled that Merck failed to provide adequate warning about the risks of its Vioxx painkiller in one of two cases decided.
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The share price of US drugs giant Merck falls to an eight-year low after it announces that it has been forced to withdraw a key drug on side effect fears.