Pfizer says Celebrex linked to heart attack
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Celebrex, the nation&#39;s leading arthritis painkiller, raises the risk of heart attack when taken at high doses, the drug&#39;s maker said yesterday in the latest blow to a class of powerful and widely promoted drugs.
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NEW YORK - A new round of trials have shown a boosted risk of heart problems among patients taking the painkiller Celebrex, manufacturer Pfizer Inc.
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Pfizer Inc. said it has found an increased risk of heart attacks with patients taking its top-selling painkiller Celebrex, a drug that is in the same class as Vioxx, but has no plans to remove it from the market.
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Dec 07  - Celebrex (celecoxib) does not raise the risk of heart attack to the extent that Vioxx (rofecoxib) does, according to an early online release from the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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A U.S. consumer group on Monday accused Pfizer Inc. of burying a study suggesting its painkiller Celebrex boosts the risk of heart attack and stroke, a claim the No. 1 drug maker has denied.
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Recent studies have suggested that Celebrex and Bextra may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- Pfizer Inc. defended the safety of its painkiller Celebrex on Thursday after a newspaper reported that documents from Canadian health authorities linked the drug to the deaths of
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NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc. said it found an increased risk of heart attacks for patients taking high dosages of its top-selling painkiller Celebrex, the same problem that led to the withdrawal of its one-time competitor Vioxx.
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NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc. yesterday said a major trial will test whether its popular Celebrex arthritis drug increases the risk of heart attacks, as seen with Merck and Co.'s recalled Vioxx pill.
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Pfizer faces big trouble after confirming that Celebrex is linked to heightened cardiac risk. It &quot;can&#39;t win,&quot; says one analyst.
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Confused by the news that the pain reliever Celebrex might increase the risk of heart attack, 67-year-old Sharon Panick went to her doctor this week to learn whether
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Pfizer Inc. and Canadian health officials moved Thursday to answer concerns over the painkiller Celebrex after a news report raised safety questions about the drug.
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Another shock hit the drug sector Friday when pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. announced that it found an increased heart risk to patients for its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex.
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Pfizer said today that it would sponsor a major clinical trial of Celebrex, its prescription arthritis pain medication, to further assess the cardiovascular safety of the drug.
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A government-sponsored trial of Pfizer  Inc.'s PFE.N blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was halted  after patients taking the medicine had more than twice as many  heart attacks as patients taking a placebo, the company said on  Friday.
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Pfizer on Sunday reaffirmed its commitment to Celebrex, its blockbuster prescription medication for pain and inflammation from arthritis, despite a disclosure last week that the drug had increased the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death among some
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday said patients taking its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex in a long-term cancer-prevention trial had more than twice the number of fatal or non-fatal heart attacks as those taking a placebo.