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Amid the furor involving pain drugs, it may be of interest to ponder the theoretical problem of the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) prematurely deciding to ban a drug whose benefits outweigh its risks.
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A MILLION-POUND counterfeit veterinary drug operation on both sides of the border has been dismantled, it emerged yesterday. Health officials aided by police seized massive quantities of illegally manufactured
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In September, the widely used painkiller Vioxx was pulled from the market after studies indicated that it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. chose to go on the offensive and voluntarily withdraw its arthritis drug Vioxx from the market Thursday.
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Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.    The groups, claiming to represent 10 million Canadians, or about one-third the population, called on the Canadian government Monday to ban prescription drug exports...
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Hetero Drugs has withdrawn all six of  its generic antiretroviral drugs from the WHO's list of  approved drugs following concerns about their laboratory tests,  the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.
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The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by millions of people around the world, is being pulled off the market after a study confirmed long-standing concerns that it raises
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Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is calling on doctors and pharmacists to stop the &quot;unethical practice&quot; of selling prescription drugs to Americans.
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An investigation has been launched to investigate whether drug firms have been fixing the market to squeeze out copycat medicines
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Internet sales of prescription drugs to U.S. consumers could be banned by Canada if a proposal being drafted by health officials is approved, changes that would essentially kill a &#36;700 million industry that has become increasingly popular with underinsured patients in search of cheaper medicine.
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Drugstores began clearing their shelves of over-the-counter cough and cold medicine designed for infants yesterday after leading manufacturers announced they were withdrawing the products amid rising concerns about the safety of the popular remedies.
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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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The ever-increasing number of medicines available without a prescription has been a godsend for many Americans. Consumers can now gain access to treatments for ills ranging from
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The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by 2  million people around the world, is being pulled off the market  after a study confirmed longstanding concerns that it raises  the risk of heart attack and stroke, the manufacturer, Merck &  Co. MRK.N, said on Thursday.
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The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by millions of people around the world, is being pulled off the market after a study confirmed long-standing concerns that it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke, the manufacturer, Merck & Co. , said on Thursday.
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GENEVA: Giving a severe blow to efforts to make cheaper medicines more widely available for the killer disease, the World Health Organisation has said that Indian firm Ranbaxy took all its anti-AIDS drugs off the United Nation&#39;s approved list.
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Pharmaceutical titan Merck &amp; Co. Inc. yesterday pulled its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx off the market, citing safety concerns, thereby triggering a massive selloff in the company&#39;s shares that wiped out nearly US$27-billion of Merck&#39;s market value.