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Heart Attack Victims Sue Merck Over Vioxx

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Yet another Vioxx trial is underway in New Jersey. Two plaintiffs claim the drug triggered their heart attacks, while drug maker Merck contends that it did not withhold any research results in the FDA application for Vioxx in 1998.

Merck scientist grilled in court session delayed by bomb scare

Canada.com - 3/22/2006 4:16 PM

A scientist who helped develop the painkiller Vioxx rejected assertions by a plaintiff's lawyer Wednesday that Merck & Co. actively tried to conceal from regulators unfavourable data about the popular arthritis drug's potential heart safety problems.
 
In a court session delayed briefly by a bomb scare, Dr. Briggs Morrison defended the company's handling of a 1995 clinical study of the effect of so-called Cox-2 inhibitors such as Vioxx on the body, saying the data was included in Merck's 1998 application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell Vioxx. Cox-2 inhibitors were touted for causing less stomach upset than ol
 
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