Vioxx
[Killed up to 140,000 people after being ‘proved safe’ in animals, including monkeys.]
[2009 June] Publisher consulted drug firm on journal content THE world's largest medical publisher (Elsevier, which produces The Lancet) asked the manufacturers of anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx which articles they wanted to include in a so-called medical journal on bone health.....The plaintiff in the class action has alleged the journal was fake and it was simply a marketing exercise designed to promote Vioxx. The court has also heard Merck put the names of high-profile arthritis experts on the editorial board of the phoney journal without telling them they had done so.
[2009 April] Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list "We may need to seek them out and destroy them where they live," a Merck employee wrote, according to an email excerpt read to the court by Julian Burnside QC, acting for the plaintiff.
[2009 March] Top Pain Scientist Fabricated Data in Studies A prominent Massachusetts anesthesiologist allegedly fabricated 21 medical studies that claimed to show benefits from painkillers like Vioxx and Celebrex, according to the hospital where he worked.
[Media Nov 2004] Safety of Entire Family of Painkillers Questioned
[Media AP] U.S. Officials Knew of AIDS Drug Risks
[Media December
16, 2004] Many FDA Scientists Had
Drug Concerns, 2002 Survey Shows
[Media March 24, 2002] Report Links Vioxx to Meningitis
[Media nov
15, 2004 Merck Knew Vioxx Was Unsafe by 2000 - Report
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co
Inc. had evidence by 2000 that its painkiller Vioxx, which was pulled
off the market on Sept. 30, was not safe, a heart specialist told CBS
News program "60 Minutes" on Sunday.
