Senator Grassley Attends Vioxx Hearing
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Makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx and the FDA are the subject of Senate scrutiny today...and an Iowa Senator is asking the tough questions.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Most of the 250 lawyers assembled in the Wyndham Philadelphia hotel ballroom listened intently yesterday as fellow attorney Barry Hill showed off an extensive collection of trinkets and product samples emblazoned with the logo of the now-withdrawn drug Vioxx.
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A leading U.S. Senate Republican  this week demanded internal documents from Merck & Co. Inc.  MRK.N that could answer questions about the company's  interaction with U.S. regulators over its arthritis drug Vioxx.
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A veteran U.S. Food and Drug  Administration scientist will unveil new data on Thursday  before an expert panel charged with determining whether pain  relievers similar to Merck & Co. Inc.'s now-withdrawn Vioxx  should remain on the market.
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ASHINGTON, Aug. 19 - The meeting had all the hallmarks of an ordinary Congressional hearing. There was Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, discussing the problems faced by ordinary citizens mistakenly placed on ...
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Senator Charles E. Grassley charged on Friday that top federal drug regulators intend to suppress a study on the safety of Celebrex and Bextra.
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The Food and Drug Administration  ignored danger signals from its own scientists about Merck and  Co. Inc.'s Vioxx painkiller, Sen. Charles Grassley told a  hearing Thursday into the drug's withdrawal in September.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md.  - U.S. scientific advisers  began hearing evidence on Wednesday about the benefits and  risks of pain killers taken by millions of Americans as  regulators weigh moves following Merck & Co. Inc.'s recall of  its arthritis pill Vioxx.
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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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A20-YEAR veteran of federal drug safety wars sent shock waves through the Food and Drug Administration and the pharmaceutical industry when he told a Senate hearing that regulators are &quot;incapable of protecting America against another Vioxx.
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Amid questions about whether the arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off the market soon enough, a key senator suggested Friday that an independent board of drug safety might be needed to ensure the safety of medications after they're approved for the market.
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At a hearing before the US Senate Finance Committee, Dr. David Graham testified that the Food and Drug Administration pressured him to alter findings of a study regarding Merck &amp; Co.
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The Food and Drug Administration ignored danger signals from its own scientists about Merck and Co. Inc.'s Vioxx painkiller, Sen. Charles Grassley told a hearing Thursday into the drug's withdrawal in September.
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A medical officer responsible for evaluating Vioxx testified that there were preliminary indications of heart problems with the painkiller, but it was difficult to sort through conflicting data.
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The former commander of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and several soldiers who were treated there are slated to appear before a congressional committee on Monday as lawmakers probe poor conditions at part of the service's premier hospital.
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Some quotes from the House subcommittee hearing investigating the conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Monday:
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The president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association has agreed to testify in front of a House panel investigating the effects of performance-enhancing drugs.