Committee Investigates Ad Tactics for Lipitor
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A Congressional committee wants information about people who might have served as stunt doubles for Dr. Robert Jarvik in televised ads.
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A Senate committee is scheduled to  take action next week on President George W. Bush's pick to  head the Food and Drug Administration, the panel's chairman  said on Wednesday.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday was divided over whether current data warrant changes to drug-coated heart stent labels for their use in patients with more medical complications unapproved for the device.
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Drug maker Merck & Co. Inc. on  Tuesday said its board appointed a committee to review the  company's actions prior to the voluntary withdrawal of its  painkiller Vioxx.
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WASHINGTON -- Biotechnology lobbyists attempting to slow the development of cheap generic versions of the world's most expensive drugs have been emphasizing questions about their safety in an effort to win support among the new Democratic leaders of Congress.
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Consumer advocates backed by some  prominent doctors and researchers on Thursday questioned a new  U.S. policy recommending wider use of statin drugs to lower  cholesterol.
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Bayer AG could face a criminal investigation if allegations that it knew, downplayed or withheld information on the dangers associated with their cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol prove to be true.
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Beleaguered pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. Inc. has appointed a special committee of board members and a retired federal judge to review the company&#39;s actions before it
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Anonymous messages posted on a Web site raise questions about the handling of data on a Merck &amp; Co Inc  and Schering-Plough Corp  cholesterol drug, two House of Representatives Democrats said on Monday.
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The Food and Drug Administration said last night it would convene a public panel to examine the risk of blood clots in patients with drug-coated stents, among the world's most frequently implanted medical devices.
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U.S. health officials said on Friday  they would review whether to take regulatory action over Merck  & Co Inc and Schering-Plough's cholesterol medicine Vytorin  following the drug's failure to work better than a generic drug  in a study of plaque build-up in neck arteries.
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Some want tighter control of ads, in part to stem overuse of pills.
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A US lawmaker called on Wednesday for a probe of reports that Food and Drug Administration officials tried to discredit a veteran scientist who testified over Merck &amp; Co.
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Dr. Robert Jarvikâs appearance in television ads for Lipitor has helped rekindle a smoldering debate over aiming ads for prescription drugs directly at consumers.
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A Congressional committee began looking into business practices in the long-term care insurance industry.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday  urged regulators to reject over-the-counter sales of Merck &  Co. Inc.'s cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor because of doubts  the medicine could be used safely without a doctor's guidance.
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U.S. regulators said on Friday they would review whether to take action over Merck & Co Inc's and Schering-Plough Corp's popular cholesterol medicine Vytorin after a study showed it was no better than a generic drug in preventing the build-up of fatty plaque.