Health Canada says no Celebrex intervention needed
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The Canadian health department said on Thursday that it had determined that no regulatory intervention was needed on Pfizer Inc.&#39;s arthritis drug Celebrex after a report in a Canadian newspaper linked it to 14 deaths.
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With those words, Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh has just put our neighbours on notice that Ottawa won&#39;t threaten Canada&#39;s own drug supply by allowing any number of Americans to buy cheaper medication through the booming cross-border prescription
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The FDA (USA) says it did not try to suppress the findings of a safety official regarding the Vioxx painkiller. Vioxx was taken off the market last week because the drug increases a patient&#39;s risk of having a heart attack.
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Pfizer on Sunday reaffirmed its commitment to Celebrex, its blockbuster prescription medication for pain and inflammation from arthritis, despite a disclosure last week that the drug had increased the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death among some
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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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Drug giant Pfizer Inc. reiterated Thursday that its arthritis drug Celebrex was safe to use after competitor Merck &amp; Co. pulled its arthritis drug Vioxx off the market worldwide after studies showed it raised the risk of heart attack.
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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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A study of the arthritis drug Celebrex casts doubt on the company's insistence that it had no hint of the drug's potential heart and stroke risks until recently.
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Pfizer has told federal drug officials that the company's analysis of 41 of its own patient trials of the arthritis and pain drug Celebrex finds no evidence that the drug increases the risk of heart problems.
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A clinical trial of the blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was shut down Friday after researchers found an increase in the risk of serious heart disease and strokes in those taking the drug.
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CALGARY - Millions of Canadians who purchase home blood-pressure monitoring devices without being effectively instructed in proper use may be endangering their heart health, according to a study to be presented yesterday at the Canadian Cardiovascular
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Users of an anti-arthritis drug linked by a study to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes have been urged not to panic. The UK Department of Health said users of Celebrex, manufactured by US drug
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ARTHRITIS sufferers have been told to keep taking the painkiller Celebrex despite the drug&#39;s manufacturer finding an increased risk of heart attack in users of the drug.
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Without clearer evidence of the safety of painkillers similar to Vioxx, doctors should avoid prescribing them for patients at risk of heart disease, according
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Dec 07  - Celebrex (celecoxib) does not raise the risk of heart attack to the extent that Vioxx (rofecoxib) does, according to an early online release from the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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NEW YORK  - US drug giant Pfizer said it will stop advertising painkiller Celebrex after a trial indicated a heart-attack risk at high doses, but vowed to carry on sales.
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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.