FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Ortho-McNeil's Birth Control Patch Is Lethal

  James Sabatini | June 05, 2006 3:54 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Documents have surfaced showing that Ortho-McNeil, the manufacturer of the Ortho Evra birth-control patch and subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, refused in 2003 to fund a study comparing the Ortho patch to the company's Ortho-Cyclen pill because there was too high of chance that the study may not produce a positive result for the patch. In November of 2005, the FDA warned that women using the...

• Merk Admits Data Error on Vioxx

  James Sabatini | May 31, 2006 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Vioxx admitted that its statistical analysis test does not support the company's 18-month theory about Vioxx.Since pulling Vioxx from the market, Merck has argued that only continuous use of VIoxx for over 18-months can lead to heart problems. The company cited to its 2005 statistical test results to support its theory. Now Merck admits that the test was wrong. This admissions only fuels what...