Archive for December, 2005
Bextra banned in Canada
Like the United States, Canada has also formally banned Bextra, the second painkiller to be banned after Vioxx. Celebrex, the other painkiller in the Cox-2 family, is still available, though with a very strong black-box warning. Pfizer, the manufacturer of both Bextra and Celebrex, has disagreed with the regulators and doctors about the dangers of [...]
Vioxx lawsuits reach a record number
The mistrial in the first federal Vioxx lawsuit trial has brought along a lot of bad news for Merck. Its scientists are being accused of scientific misconduct by the medical community for hiding critical data related to deaths from the painkiller. Specifically, Merck’s Vice President of Clinical Research Dr. Alise Reicin, has lost a lot [...]
Mistrial declared in first Vioxx trial
U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon, according to Reuters, has declared a mistrial in the first federal Vioxx trial after the jury failed to reach a verdict. In the lawsuit filed by Evelyn Irvin Plunkett in the death of her husband Richard “Dicky” Irvin, the main point of contention was if Vioxx was lethal when taken [...]