Bextra settlement
While both Merck and Pfizer had denied that Vioxx, Celebrex, and Bextra killed anyone, after Merck settled its lawsuits over the death and injuries to tens of thousands of Americans, Pfizer is following in its footsteps and settling almost all pending lawsuits against it. Pfizer Inc., that still sells Celebrex after Bextra was banned for [...]
NSAID heart attack and stroke risk
I don’t know if anyone was ever under any doubt that Vioxx was not just a painkiller but a killer, but if it makes you feel any better, yet another study by Dr. Robert Bresalier, a professor of medicine at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, has found that arthritis patients who took the [...]
Pfizer Celebrex, Bextra lawsuits settlement
While Merck vowed to aggressively pursue Vioxx litigation and never settle a case, it turned out that as the company did all along, it was simply lying. After causing the painful death of a shocking 60,000 Americans, the company finally settled the Vioxx related personal injury lawsuits. Pfizer, the other company in the painkiller business, [...]