SF Chronicle Submissions (Vioxx litigation)
SF Chronicle Submissions
San Francisco Gate - The Food and Drug Administration's pediatric advisory committee earlier this week not surprisingly failed to support an earlier recommendation to affix black-box warning labels of sudden death on bottles of Ritalin, the FDA's most severe action short
Source: www.sfgate.com
'You're Very Ill' Takes a Sudden Turn to 'You're Very Lucky'
New York Times - The night before, I felt like a million bucks. I jogged home from work, from Midtown Manhattan to Astoria, Queens, crossing the 59th Street Bridge on a warmish winter evening. In the morning, my back was stiff. I figured I slept wrong, or maybe
Source: www.nytimes.com
Plaintiff's wife testifies as case against Merck winds down
Philadelphia Inquirer - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The wife of a man blaming Vioxx for his heart attack testified Monday about the day he was stricken, telling a jury he collapsed "like a sack of potatoes." Irma McDarby, 70, testified as the last plaintiffs' witness in the cases
Source: www.philly.com
FDA Panel: Strengthen ADHD Drug Warnings
Ledger - WASHINGTON -- A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday urged beefed-up warnings for drugs used to treat attention deficit disorder after hearing about hundreds of cases in which children using the medications experienced frightening
Source: www.theledger.com
Merck Exec. Acknowledges Market Pressure
San Francisco Gate - A Merck & Co. marketing executive acknowledged Tuesday that the company was under pressure in 1998 to get its arthritis drug Vioxx on the market ahead of rival Pfizer's drug Celebrex, with the company forecasting millions in lost sales if it did not
Source: www.sfgate.com
Doctor offers advice for managing chronic pain
Daily Journal - Dr. Kimberly Smith-Martin of Premier Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine in Vineland discussed pain management recently during The Daily Journal/South Jersey Healthcare Health Hotline. On the issue of aches and pains during pregnancy, Smith-Martin said
Source: www.thedailyjournal.com
Merck takes the offensive in Atlantic City, N.J., trial
Grand Forks Herald - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - After two weeks on the defensive, Merck & Co. began presenting its side of the Vioxx story to a jury Tuesday, hoping to show that the popular arthritis drug was thoroughly tested before being sold and didn't cause the heart
Source: www.grandforks.com
Court hearing Vioxx case evacuated in alert
ABC News - Mar 22, 2006 ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - A courthouse in Atlantic City where a case is being heard against drug company Merck & Co. over pain-relieving drug Vioxx was evacuated on Wednesday after a suspicious device was found. Clarence
Source: abcnews.go.com
