The reputation of the drug industry took another heavy blow yesterday with a report suggesting that Merck had fought for years to cover up evidence linking its painkiller Vioxx to heart attacks and strokes.
The Wall Street Journal cited a series of internal Merck documents and emails stretching back to the mid- to late 90s raising […]
Pfizer Inc. defended the safety of its painkiller Celebrex on Thursday after a newspaper reported that documents from Canadian health authorities linked the drug to the deaths of 14 people who were taking it over the past five years.
The documents include more than 100 adverse-reaction reports on Celebrex over the past five years, including 19 […]
Vioxx, a painkiller used to treat conditions such as arthritis, menstrual pain and migraines has been pulled worldwide by Merck. Vioxx has been available since 1999 and is used by 2 million people worldwide. This is the biggest drug recall in history.
An FDA financed study presented at an epidemiologists conference in Bordeaux, France […]