Vioxx

Drug Giant To Pay Hundreds Of Millions To Settle Charge

Posted 11.22.2011

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Merck & Co will pay roughly $950 million to settle criminal and civil charges that it promoted the painkiller Vioxx for an unapproved use, the U.S...

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How Much Is Enough for Big Pharma?

Cliff Schecter | Posted 06.06.2011

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Cliff Schecter

Nowhere is this greed more pervasive than among those companies responsible for the health of roughly 300 million of Americans: Big Pharma.

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When Drug Companies Choose Profits Over People

John Horton | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Horton

Nobody should begrudge a drug manufacturer's profitability for developing a lifesaving drug. But in return, patients should demand that drug companies adhere to FDA rules and put people, not profits, first.

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Explaining The 'Green Medicine' Revolution

Larry Malerba, D.O. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Larry Malerba, D.O.

Green medicine brings together the best of conventional and alternative resources. It's not about eliminating one in favor of the other, but achieving a balanced approach -- unity and diversity.

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The Decade In Health: New Bugs, Scary Food, Bad Drugs

usatoday.com | Posted 11.17.2011

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As the decade comes to a close, USA TODAY looks at some of the more newsworthy medical stories of the past 10 years....

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America's Health Care Addiction

Craig Bowron | Posted 05.25.2011

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Craig Bowron

How does a country with perhaps the most innovative health care system in the world produce average health care outcomes? It's simple: much of the innovation hasn't delivered.

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This Week In Cheating: Drugs

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Kreisler

So, let me get this straight: Pfizer is the drug company who'll lie to you, but Merck's the one that'll kill you?

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The NY Times Made Me Do It

Charles Warner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Warner

The nation's journal of record; America's first draft of history; the Grey Lady, -- the New York Times -- got it wrong and that the crowd-sourced, open-source, oft-criticized Wikipedia got it right.

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Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 05.25.2011

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Francesca Biller-Safran

I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...

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Pharma: Still Chasing Skirts

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau

As someone who spent ten years inside the pharmaceutical industry, I can tell you one thing for sure: Big Pharma goes where the money is. And the money is with the ladies.

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Why I Take Animal-Tested Drugs

Simon Chaitowitz | Posted 11.17.2011

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Simon Chaitowitz

Throughout the past six years, I have felt terribly guilty about the drugs and procedures I've undergone because I know that so many animals have suffered in their development.

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To the Presidential Candidates....Debate This!

Deirdre Imus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deirdre Imus

No question, the energy and economic crisis affect us all. But noticeably absent from the primaries and now the presidential debates have been any discussions about America's children.

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FDA: Another Government Regulatory Disaster -- II of III

Deirdre Imus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deirdre Imus

Besides a complete overhaul, a few prosecutions might be just the medicine the FDA needs.

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Merck Agrees To $58M Settlement Over Vioxx Ad Claims

AP | MARTHA RAFFAELE | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Merck & Co. has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement of allegations that its ads for the once-popular ...

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Merck Settles With Govt Over Rebates

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRENTON, N.J. — In one of the biggest U.S. health care fraud settlements ever, Merck & Co. will pay $671 million to settle claims it overcharged...

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Merck Settles Vioxx Lawsuits For $4.85 Bil

New York Times | Alex Berenson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three years after withdrawing its pain medication Vioxx from the market, Merck has agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle 27,000 lawsuits by people who...

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