Pfizer CEO Defends Celebrex, Won't Recall It
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Pfizer Chief Executive Hank McKinnell said Sunday that doctors should be made aware of the health risks in prescribing Celebrex to their patients, but that the company does not plan to recall its popular arthritis drug.
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Pfizer Inc. said on Thursday its arthritis drug Celebrex is safe. Its comments followed a report in a Canadian newspaper that raised concerns the drug may have been linked to 14 deaths.
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Pfizer Inc., the world&#39;s biggest drugmaker, may benefit from Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s withdrawal of Vioxx because Pfizer&#39;s competing pain medicine Celebrex hasn&#39;t been linked to increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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The pharmaceutical giant firm Pfizer Inc. fought back Tuesday over a massive lawsuit filed by Nigeria, which alleges the US firm tested an unapproved drug on Nigerian children with meningitis that left 11 youngsters dead and many more badly injured.
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Drug giant Pfizer is to stop advertising its best-selling arthritis pain reliever Celebrex after a study showed high doses of it were associated with an increased heart attack risk.
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Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Eric Topol was one of the first to point out the potential heart risk of Merck&#39;s (nyse: MRK - news - people ) withdrawn Vioxx and Pfizer&#39;s (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Celebrex.
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's second-biggest drugmaker, recalled Paxil CR antidepressants last month because the pills may have lacked an active ingredient, and didn't warn patients.
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Just weeks after Merck &amp; Co. pulled its anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx from the market, rival Celebrex, marketed by Pfizer Inc. , is mounting a wide-scale, consumer-oriented ad campaign to get people to ask their doctors about the drug.
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U.S. patent officials have initially rejected claims for the basic patent on Pfizer Inc's blockbuster Lipitor cholesterol treatment, although the drug maker said on Monday it remained confident the patent would ultimately be upheld.
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Pfizer Inc. says it will immediately pull advertising for its top-selling arthritis pain reliever Celebrex, whose safety was called into question last week after a study found an increased risk of heart attacks in patients taking high dosages of the drug.
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The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration defended the industry fees that help fund drug reviews on Friday, saying the money from manufacturers did not sway decisions in their favor.
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday said its popular  Celebrex arthritis drug more than doubled the risk of heart  attack in a large cancer-prevention trial, a setback that comes  just weeks after Merck & Co. recalled its similar Vioxx drug  due to heart safety risks.
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Celebrex, a huge-selling painkiller sold by Pfizer, more than tripled the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death among those taking high doses in a national trial, the company said Friday.
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. will  announce plans for a large-scale clinical trial of the ability  of blockbuster drug Celebrex to prevent heart attacks and  strokes in patients with cardiovascular disease, the Wall  Street Journal reported on Monday.
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NEW YORK - On. Dec. 17, the US Food and Drug Administration released a statement relating to Pfizer&#39;s (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Celebrex.
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Some analysts are betting Pfizer Inc.  won't have to withdraw its arthritis drug Celebrex but they do expect sales to fall after a study of the drug in cancer patients showed it increased the risk of heart attacks.
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Pfizer reaffirmed its commitment today to Celebrex, its blockbuster prescription medication for pain and inflammation from arthritis, despite a disclosure last week that the drug had increased