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AXcess News - Carson City,NV,USA
... The removal the arthritis medication Vioxx from the market late last year after its maker admitted increased risks of heart attacks is not enough to shield the ...Legislator joins Vioxx case
Monitor - McAllen,TX,USA
RIO GRANDE CITY -- The makers of Vioxx on Friday hired a second state legislator to defend the company against a Starr County family's lawsuit and filed a ...Dimethaid Q2 loss widens to $7.3M despite strong Pennsaid ...
Canada.com - Canada
... by $1.1 million, but the company said Friday it sees potential sales growth for its arthritis drug Pennsaid after the withdrawal of rival Vioxx on concern over ...
Ellen Goodman: We're skating on thin ice
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - Dallas,TX,USA
I kind of miss seeing Dorothy Hamill glide across the surface of those Vioxx commercials on her silver blades. The Gold Medal winner ...Painkiller Hearings Announced By FDA
Health Talk - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Hearings looking into the benefits and risks of cox-2 inhibitors like Pfizer's Celebrex and Bextra and Merck's Vioxx will begin next month, the US Food and ...Experts Available to Discuss Risks Associated with Taking Aspirin
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Some experts believe the increase is due to the new knowledge regarding the harmful side effects of pain relievers such as Vioxx and Celebrex. ...Assessing the risks
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
... After warnings about the popular arthritis drugs Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra and naproxen, the drug in Aleve, health authorities are reviewing dozens of studies of ...Federal tort liability reform is a prescription for disaster
The Register-Guard - Eugene,Oregon,USA
... The popular painkillers Vioxx and Celebrex are cases in point. ... Merck & Co. decided on its own to take Vioxx off the market last fall. Pfizer Inc. ...A double-edged scalpel: Studies make you crazy
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
By Ellen Goodman. I kind of miss seeing Dorothy Hamill glide across the surface of those Vioxx commercials on her silver blades. ...Dimethaid to resubmit arthritis drug to FDA by mid-2006; expects ...
Canada.com - Canada
... it expects the arthritis pain-treating lotion Pennsaid, its great hope to capitalize on an arthritis drug vacuum after the US withdrawal of Vioxx, will be ...Drug firms seek profit in giveaways
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
... enticed consumers with free-trial offers and discounts on their Vioxx and Celebrex painkillers, helping to build them into billion-dollar blockbusters before ...THE FINANCIAL PAGE
New Yorker - New York,NY,USA
Ever since Merck announced, this past fall, that the pain reliever Vioxx could be linked to an increased risk of strokes or heart attacks, ads from lawyers ...
