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Joined: Jun 20, 2004 Posts: 1040 Location: Tennessee
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:33 pm Post subject:
Vioxx is a drug that was manufactured by Merck. It was recently recalled and taken off the market because it caused some deaths. The controversy (and many lawsuits) is over the fact that allegedly, Merck knew about 3 years ago that Vioxx could cause serious side-effects such as that, but either hid that information or just plain didn't act on it. That safety risk also got past the FDA somehow, which is part of the reason why they have put into place a new protocol to double-check the safety of drugs, both new to the market or existing drugs currently on the market.
You can do a web search on it and find a lot of information about it.
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