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...like the once ubiquitous "Celebrate!" spots for Celebrex, as black-box drugs may not be advertised directly to consumers. But there was tantalizing news for Rickhoff, Dobbs and other Vioxx devotees. By a narrow vote, the panel okayed the idea of bringing the discontinued drug back to market, and Merck, its manufacturer, said this was under consideration...
...consumers in eight nations taken last December by GMI Inc., based in Seattle, shows that 61% of French consumers and 58% of Germans feel negatively toward U.S. firms. Another poll by the Edelman public relations firm, based in New York City, found that the image of brands including Merck, Procter & Gamble and Kraft has taken a substantial hit in the past year...
...first sign of trouble came last fall when a large trial involving the popular pain-killer Vioxx was halted two months early because some patients had developed serious heart problems. The results were so disturbing that Merck, which manufactures Vioxx, pulled its billion-dollar blockbuster off the market...
...will be looking closely for similar risks when the next three COX-2 inhibitors in the pipeline--Merck's Arcoxia, Pfizer's Dynastat and Novartis' Prexige--come up for review in a few years. This time they hope to discover potential problems before the drugs are approved, not after. --By Alice Park
...first hints that the pain reliever Vioxx might raise the risk of heart attacks and stroke surfaced in 2000, but it still came as a shock when drugmaker Merck announced in October that it was pulling its blockbuster drug off the market. Safety data from an ongoing trial had produced clear evidence of cardiovascular problems in subjects taking Vioxx--so clear that the trial was immediately halted...