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Vioxx Heart Safety Study Cancelled by Merck

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Evidence presented in the current Vioxx trial going on in New Jersey, suggests that Merck cancelled a study of the drug's heart safety the day after a labelling issue was settled with the FDA. 
 
A Merck official testified that the timing was a coincidence. 
 
Evidence was also presented concerning Merck's efforts to counterbalance doctors' concerns about Vioxx safety. These included paying doctors to serve on advisory boards or to participate in studies.

Lawyer: Merck Scrapped Study on Vioxx

MSN Money - 6/16/2006 4:00 PM

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Merck & Co. scrapped a planned study of the cardiac safety of Vioxx once it knew U.S. regulators were going to tone down their warning about heart risks for patients taking the painkiller, a plaintiff's lawyer argued Friday in a product liability trial.
 
But Merck's former head of U.S. marketing, David Anstice, testified it was coincidence that the study was canceled in March 2002 as Food and Drug Administration regulators and Merck officials settled on putting a notice about Vioxx cardiac risks in the precautions section of the drug's label -- the fine-print package insert -- rather than in the higher-profile warnings section
 
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