Merck last week agreed to pay nearly $5 billion to settle most of the claims generated by its nowwithdrawn painkiller Vioxx, said Matthew Herper and Robert Langreth in Forbes.com. Plaintiffs ...

Cardiovasc Rev Rep. 2004;25(6):288-290. The recent sudden withdrawal of Vioxx (rofecoxib; Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, NJ) from the market owing to safety concerns has created considerable ...

Kennedy can provide doctors and healthcare professionals with the information they need to truly determine if a drug is safe, ...

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The ADVANTAGE (Assessment of Differences between Vioxx And Naproxen To Ascertain Gastrointestinal Tolerability and Effectiveness) trial was devised by Merck´s marketing division in January 1999 ...

The recall of Vioxx in 2004 triggered his suspicion that ... against MSD-Australia as well as the United States based Merck and Co. While Mr Peterson was initially successful at first instance ...

In what’s shaping up to be a red-letter week for Gardasil, Merck & Co. has simultaneously opened a massive new manufacturing facility for the human papillomavirus (HPV) shot in the U.S. and put ...