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Scientists Spot How Cox-2 Painkillers Raise Heart Risks
WEDNESDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) -- New research has uncovered how some cox-2 painkillers increase the risk for both heart attacks and stroke.
Vioxx Killed Half a Million? The Facts Are Grim.
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the blockbuster drug suspected of having caused more than 55,000 deaths from stroke and heart attack before being withdrawn from the market in 2004, actually killed many more people than we previously thought. While conducting research on America’s media coverage of the Vioxx scandal, publisher of The American Conservative Ron ...
How pain medication Vioxx ups heart disease risk
Washington, May 3 (ANI): After almost 13 years of study and intense debate, researchers have shed light on exactly how a once-popular class of anti-inflammatory drugs leads to cardiovascular risk for people taking it.
More pharma companies to join the "dishonor roll," pay billions for fraud following Abbott's settlement
With Abbott's $1.5 billion settlement of a whistleblower-initiated?? case this week, Abbott joins an infamous list of pharma companies that have paid more than one billion dollars to the federal government for illegal marketing practices, including promoting prescription drugs for uses not approved by the FDA, paying financial inducements to increase sales and engaging in ...
More drug companies to pay billions for fraud, join the "dishonor roll" after Abbott settlement
With Abbott’s $1.5 billion settlement of a whistleblower-initiated  case this week, Abbott joins an infamous list of pharma companies that have paid more than one billion dollars to the federal government for illegal marketing practices, including promoting prescription drugs for uses not approved by the FDA, paying financial inducements to increase sales and engaging in practices that pose ...
Humira Could Have Been a Pfizer Drug
Lipitor has long dominated the list of the top selling drugs annually.  However, with the expiration of the patent for the active ingredient of Lipitor, atorvastatin, at the end of 2011, there is a new king of the hill.  According to a Reuters article (April 4th) entitled ?Abbott drug tops sales as Lipitor, Plavix era ends," the new leader is an antibody named Humira.  Initially developed as a ...
NSAIDs and Cardiovascular Risk Explained
After nearly 13 years of study and intense debate, a pair of new articles have confirmed exactly how a once-popular class of anti-inflammatory drugs leads to cardiovascular risk for people taking it.
NSAIDs and Cardiovascular Risk Explained, According to Studies from the Perelman School of Medicine
PHILADELPHIA — After nearly 13 years of study and intense debate, a pair of new papers from the Perelman School of Medicine, at the University of Pennsylvania have confirmed exactly how a once-popular class of anti-inflammatory drugs leads to cardiovascular risk for people taking it.
Grant & Eisenhofer Represents Lead Whistleblower in Historic $1.6 Billion Settlement with Abbott Laboratories Over Off ...
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In what may be the largest payment ever enforced involving off-label misuse of a single drug, law firm Grant & Eisenhofer, working with the U.S. Justice Department ...
Aging Population, Changing Lifestyles, and the Launch of New Drugs Drives the Global Pain Management Market, According ...
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on the Pain Management markets. The global market for Pain Management is forecast to reach US$77 billion by the year 2017, driven by the growing demand for efficient medical devices and drugs for pain treatment. Additionally, growth in the marketplace is also expected to stem from increasing aged population and absence of a full-fledged ...