Pfizer halts ad instead of recalling Celebrex
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Pfizer does not plan to recall Celebrex, but the company would immediately halt advertising this popular arthritis drug to consumers after a study showed that high doses were
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Pfizer is pulling its radio, TV, newspaper and magazine advertising for Celebrex in the wake of a study that links high doses of the popular arthritis to an increased risk of heart attack, but the company plans to keep Celebrex on the market.
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An increased risk of heart attack and stroke from the drug naproxen halted a major US study on Alzheimer&#39;s disease prevention.
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U.S. drug reviewers have questioned Pfizer Inc.'s  data showing the pain reliever Celebrex was as effective as an older drug in treating juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, a summary released on Tuesday said.
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A day after Whitehouse Station-based Merck abruptly withdrew from the market Vioxx, its blockbuster arthritis drug, Pfizer yesterday moved to promote Celebrex, its competing medicine.
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While it says that it has received reports of 20 people dying while taking Pfizer Inc.s painkiller Celebrex, Canada&#39;s health regulatory body says it can&#39;t conclude that there&#39;s a cause-and-effect link.
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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 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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FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- The U.S. government announced Friday that it was halting the use of the painkiller Celebrex in a clinical trial on colorectal cancer patients after a study found an apparent increase in the risk of heart attack among those taking the drug.
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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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A clinical trial of the blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was shut down yesterday after researchers found an increase in the risk of serious heart disease and strokes in those taking the
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Pfizer Inc.  that television and print advertisements for its painkillers Celebrex and Bextra misled consumers, according to a letter made public on Wednesday.
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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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Drug giant Pfizer is to stop advertising its best-selling arthritis pain reliever Celebrex after a study showed high doses of it were associated with an increased heart attack risk.
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NEW YORK -- Consumer group Public Citizen is calling on the government to ban the drug Celebrex. On Friday, drug maker Pfizer said the arthritis painkiller could increase the risk of a heart attack or a stroke if taken in very large doses.
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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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In a surprising setback for the  world's largest drugmaker, Pfizer Inc.  halted  development on Saturday of its top experimental medicine, the  cholesterol drug torcetrapib, due to safety concerns.