Pfizer to stop all ads for its arthritis drug
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NEW YORK -- Drug maker Pfizer said yesterday it would immediately stop advertising its best-selling arthritis pain reliever Celebrex to consumers after a study showed high doses of it were associated with an increased heart attack risk.
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Television advertisements promoting Pfizer Inc.&#39;s impotence drug Viagra omit key information and should be withdrawn, the US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) said in a letter to the company released on Monday.
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U.S. regulators should pull Pfizer Inc.'s arthritis drugs Celebrex and Bextra from the market because they are too risky, U.S. consumer watchdog group Public Citizen said in a letter on Monday.
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U.S. regulators should pull Pfizer  Inc.'s arthritis drugs Celebrex and Bextra from the market  because they are too risky, U.S. consumer watchdog group Public  Citizen said in a letter on Monday.
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The furor over the safety of arthritis painkilling medications shows no sign of abating. Vioxx is gone from the market, following data linking it to increased cardiovascular risk.
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NEW YORK, December 21  - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned today against the long-term usage of another arthritis drug, naproxen, after studies revealed increased risks of cardiovascular events.
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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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Pfizer is stopping TV and print ads for arthritis drug Celebrex now that there is evidence it could lead to heart problems. The FDA is considering warning labels for Celebrex, or taking the drug off the market.
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The Uruguayan government has decided to ban the sales of medicine containing rofecoxib, which is used against arthritis and severe pain, local media reported Saturday.
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Pfizer Inc. has agreed to suspend its advertisements for arthritis drug Celebrex while U.S. regulators review new data that link the drug to an elevated risk of heart attacks, a Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said on Sunday.
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Pfizer tries to stop patients from switching to generic Zocor.
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Pfizer agreed to pull its catchy &quot;wild thing&quot; Viagra television ads yesterday after federal regulators complained that they made the impotence drug sound like a recreational sex aid.
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The Food and Drug Administration has published a note on its Web site regarding new warnings added to the labeling for Bextra, an arthritis pain drug made by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ). The warnings
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Pfizer Chief Executive Hank McKinnell said on Sunday doctors should be made aware of the health risks in prescribing Celebrex to their patients, but the company does not plan to recall its popular arthritis drug.
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Consumers should not take Actra-Rx, a product advertised as a natural impotence treatment that actually contains the ingredient in Pfizer Inc.
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Kaiser Permanente has stopped dispensing Bextra, an arthritis and pain drug made by Pfizer that may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Pfizer (PFE) said Friday that it has received new information about the cardiovascular safety of its popular arthritis drug Celebrex, based on an analysis of a long-term cancer trial, but it has no plans to withdraw the drug.