Merck Settles Another Vioxx Case

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Thu, 02/11/2010 - 16:18

All the shenanigans that went on in the course of Merck's marketing of the now withdrawn Cox-2 inhibitor non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx have provided grist for the Health Care Renewal mill since 2005.  For example, see these posts:

here  about ghost-writing of a Vioxx research publication;
- here , and here  about allegations that Merck executives tried to intimidate Vioxx critics;
- here about how advocates of an extreme laissez faire approach...


 

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