DRUG MAKER RECALLS VIOXX
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The drug maker says a three-year study of the arthritis pain medication demonstrated a higher risk of heart attack and stroke in patients using the drug.
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Roche Pharmaceuticals announced a global recall of its HIV/AIDS drug Viracept after discovering that some batches had been contaminated with a carcinogen.
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The arthritis drug rofecoxib (Vioxx) was withdrawn from the market after a study demonstrated that it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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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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NEW YORK - The recall of Vioxx and the news that Celebrex likewise doubled or tripled the risk of heart attack in a long-term study were bad enough.
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Consumers can be excused if the Cox 2 painkiller debacle has left them scratching their heads. First, Merck (MRK ) pulled its Vioxx off the market after a study confirmed suspicions that it was linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the  way it monitors safety risks associated with medicines already  on the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller  Vioxx.
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Roche Holding AG's HIV drug Viracept is being recalled from markets in Europe and some other countries due to contamination, European authorities and the Swiss drugmaker said on Wednesday.
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Vioxx, the painkiller recalled last September because of safety concerns, may have caused up to 140,000 cases of serious heart disease in the United States, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Oct. 8 - The September 30th recall of Vioxx is raising legal questions. Here&#39;s the drug&#39;s history. The FDA approved marketing of Vioxx in 1999.
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Research shows that the dangers linking the arthritis drug Vioxx, a COX-2 inhibitor, to an increased risk of heart attacks, were known in 2000, which should have led to its immediate recall.
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Vioxx, the blockbuster arthritis drug heavily promoted on TV and taken by some 2 million people worldwide, was pulled from the market by its maker yesterday after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s Vioxx painkiller showed heart risk in studies four years before the drug was recalled, and it should have been pulled from the market then, according to a study published in the medical journal Lancet.
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TORONTO (CP) - In the wake of last week&#39;s surprise market withdrawal of wonder drug Vioxx, scientists Wednesday questioned the safety of the entire class of arthritis drugs known as Cox-2 inhibitors.
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Merck &amp; Co Inc. on Thursday pulled its arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent the company&#39;s
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s recall of the Vioxx painkiller shows why the US Food and Drug Administration needs its safety monitors to be independent of those who approve new medicines, FDA scientist David J. Graham told a Senate hearing.
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TRENTON, NJ (CP) - Vioxx, the blockbuster arthritis drug taken by tens of millions of people, was pulled from the market by its maker Thursday after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.