Merck Board Names Committee on Vioxx Withdrawal
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Drug maker Merck &amp; Co. Inc. on Tuesday said its board appointed a committee to review the company&#39;s actions prior to the voluntary withdrawal of its painkiller Vioxx.
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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 & Co. 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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The withdrawal of painkiller Vioxx means Merck &amp; Co. will miss the already diminished expectations of Wall Street analysts for 2005, the huge drug maker said Wednesday.
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - Merck & Co.  failed to provide adequate warnings about health risks tied to its withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx in one case, but gave adequate warning in another, a New Jersey jury found on Friday in a split decision in two suits tried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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Two years after the withdrawal of the painkiller Vioxx, federal health regulators still lack the resources necessary to track the safety of new drugs and respond quickly to any problems that might crop up, a panel of experts said Friday.
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Justice Department prosecutors and Securities and Exchange Commission regulators are investigating Merck &amp; Co. for its handling of the painkiller Vioxx, the pharmaceutical giant disclosed yesterday.
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With Vioxx off the market because of links to heart problems and concerns growing about the related drugs Celebrex and Bextra, a pair of Food and Drug Administration advisory committees are assessing the safety of the popular painkillers.
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Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating Merck &amp; Co. in connection with Vioxx, the painkiller that was pulled from the market 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 & Co. Inc. MRK.N, whose shares  have tumbled since the withdrawal of its blockbuster arthritis  drug Vioxx, said on Monday it has adopted a severance benefits  plan aimed at protecting key managers in the event the company  is taken over or liquidated.
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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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Drugmaker Merck &amp; Co., under financial siege since pulling its top painkiller Vioxx off the market in September, said Monday it has adopted a plan that
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The withdrawal of Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx will make it harder for drug companies to win approval for products aimed at big patient populations as regulators
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Tampa, Florida - If you or someone you know is taking the arthritis drug, Vioxx, itâs been pulled from the market. The manufacturer, Merck &amp; Co.
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NEW YORK - As doctors struggle to come to grips with what the withdrawal of Vioxx means for drug safety, the letters pages of the normally sedate New England Journal of Medicine have turned into a battleground.
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NEW YORK - Merck &amp; Co. Inc. has adopted a severance benefits plan aimed at protecting key managers in the event the company is taken over - a growing possibility since the withdrawal of arthritis drug Vioxx sent shares tumbling.