Posts tagged heart attack

• Vioxx Killed Half a Million? The Facts Are Grim.

  Mike Ferrara | May 01, 2012 6:02 PM | 6 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  It’s looking more and more likely that the Merck painkiller Vioxx, the blockbuster drug suspected of having caused more than 55,000 deaths from stroke and heart attack before being...

• Merck Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charge Over Vioxx

  Mike Ferrara | November 27, 2011 3:53 PM | 4 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In a negotiated settlement, Pharma giant Merck has pled guilty to a criminal charge and has agreed to pay $950,000 for its illegal marketing of the blockbuster painkiller Vioxx, which Merck...

• Obesity Drug Meridia Pulled for Increased Stroke/Heart Attack Risks

  Mike Ferrara | October 11, 2010 12:36 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Obesity Drug Meridia Pulled for Increased Stroke/Heart Attack Risks Last week, the FDA announced that Abbott Laboratories is voluntarily removing its popular obesity drug...

• Avandia Increases Heart Risks, But FDA Won’t Pull It

  Mike Ferrara | September 26, 2010 4:58 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The diabetes drug Avandia, which has been linked to an increased risk of strokes and heart attacks, is not yet off the market, but its use will now be restricted by the FDA to patients...

• Common Pain Meds Increase Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

  Mike Ferrara | June 10, 2010 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A medical study in Denmark has found that common pain medications, including many available over the counter, increase healthy people’s risk of death by cardiovascular events, such...

• Diabetes Drug Avandia Causes Heart Attacks & Deaths; FDA is Wishy-Washy

  Mike Ferrara | February 21, 2010 9:34 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  On Friday, The New York Times released evidence from confidential FDA reports showing that the blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, greatly raises risks of...

• Researcher Who Fabricated Vioxx Studies Charged with Health Care Fraud

  Mike Ferrara | January 15, 2010 5:43 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Several months ago, we blogged on the fake clinical trials of Dr. Scott Reuben, a highly respected anesthesiologist and clinical researcher who fabricated the data in 21 separate drug...

• Merck Knew Vioxx Risks YEARS Before Pulling from the Market

  Mike Ferrara | December 06, 2009 5:43 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  By now, it’s hard to be surprised by bad news about drug giant Merck, maker of the painkiller Vioxx, who “voluntarily” withdrew the drug from the market in September 2004 after...

• Merck is Jerking Investors Around in Securities Fraud Case

  Mike Ferrara | November 30, 2009 9:20 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Today, lawyers for drug giant Merck, infamous maker of the blockbuster painkiller Vioxx, delivered oral arguments to the Supreme Court saying that their shareholders had waited too long...

• Merck Sued for Underhanded Marketing by Kentucky Attorney General

  Mike Ferrara | October 01, 2009 11:29 PM | 5 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has filed suit in Franklin Circuit Court against pharma giant Merck for violating Kentucky's Consumer Protection Act in connection with Vioxx, the...