Merck Must Provide Vioxx Documents Given To Feds

Posted: December 17th, 2012  |  Company/topic: Merck
Website: Pharmalot
The Vioxx saga is not over yet. And a new court ruling may shed further light on the controversy over the Merck painkiller, which was withdrawn in 2004 over links to heart attacks and strokes. Last we…
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Novartis US plant resumes drug production

Posted: September 11th, 2012  |  Company/topic: Novartis
Website: Bioportfolio Latest News
Novartis has restarted producing one human overthecounter painkiller Excedrin and animal health antiparasitic drug Sentinel at its plant in Lincoln US.
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Merck Hid Evidence Of Vioxx Harm: Study

Posted: July 10th, 2012  |  Company/topic: Merck
Website: Pharmalot
And so, the Vioxx saga continues. Nearly eight years after Merck withdrew the controversial painkiller over links to heart attacks and strokes, a new paper indicates the drugmaker hid evidence that Vi…
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OxyContin Maker, Purdue Pharma L.P., Guards Exclusivity

Posted: June 28th, 2012  |  Company/topic: Purdue Pharma
Website: BioSpace.com Featured News
OxyContin is set to go off patent next year, but the maker of the powerful and widely abused prescription painkiller is trying to extend its exclusive rights to the drug, arguing that a new version it…
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