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Judge Allows Some Claims Vs Pfizer Over Celebrex Statements - CNNMoney.com (Bextra News)

tedthedj — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:36:09 +0000

Judge Allows Some Claims Vs Pfizer Over Celebrex Statements
CNNMoney.com - 4 hours ago
"Given the alleged importance of Celebrex and Bextra to Pfizer's overall economic health, as well as the fall in Pfizer's stock performance, …
US judge rules Pfizer shareholder suit can proceed Reuters
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FDA now emphasizes safety rather than speed
The News Journal, DE - 19 hours ago
In 2005 the agency had to asked Pfizer Inc. to suspend sales of Bextra because the painkiller can cause fatal heart and skin problems. …

Pfizer at Cowen and Company Health Care Conference - Final - Insurance News Net (Bextra News)

tedthedj — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:35:20 +0000

UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Well, good morning, and welcome to the Pfizer session this morning. We’re very pleased to have with us Dr. Joe Feczko, who is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Pfizer. Pfizer has one of the broadest and deepest Read More

The Montgomery law firm has filed 161 Bextra, Celebrex and Vioxx lawsuits to date. Montgomery, AL ( PRWEB ) April 15, 2005 — Law firm Beasley Allen, lead counsel for the first Vioxx lawsuit set for May, believes that Pfizer’s Bextra , a COX-2 Read More

Pfizer at Cowen and Company Health Care Conference - Final - Insurance News Net (Bextra News)

tedthedj — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:30:40 +0000

THURSDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) — Pulling the painkillers Vioxx and Bextra off the market to spare patients’ hearts may have ended up harming their stomachs, a new study suggests. Rates of gastrointestinal events serious enough to require Read More

The new rules would bar government advisers who receive money from a drug or device maker from voting on that company’s products. Expert advisers to the government who receive money from a drug or device maker would be barred for the first time Read More

MONDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) — Two widely used drugs — one lowers cholesterol and one is an anti-inflammatory — may be useful in controlling prostate cancer. New research being presented at the American Association for Cancer Research annual Read More

F.D.A. Rule Limits Role of Advisers Tied to Industry - Der Spiegel (Bextra News)

tedthedj — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:33:12 +0000

Beasley Allen Believes Bextra Recall Was Long Overdue - PRWeb (Bextra News)

tedthedj — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:32:41 +0000

The law firm is an outspoken leader in the call to remove Celebrex, Vioxx and other “Coxibs” from the market. It is terribly unfortunate that it has taken over 4 months for FDA and Pfizer to do the right thing and recall Bextra Montgomery, AL ( PRWEB Read More

Celebrex Plus Lipitor Could Fight Prostate Cancer - Austin American-Statesman (Bextra News)

tedthedj — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:32:14 +0000

Vioxx was removed from the market in September 2004 after it was revealed that the drug increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Getty Images NPR.org , November 9, 2007 · Merck & Co. said Friday that it will pay nearly $5 billion to end tens Read More

Copyright © 2007 ScoutNews, LLC. All rights reserved. FRIDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) — A new cox-2 painkiller called etoricoxib causes fewer upper gastrointestinal problems than the traditional pain medicine diclofenac, researchers report. “In the Read More

F.D.A. Rule Limits Role of Advisers Tied to Industry - Der Spiegel (Bextra News)

tedthedj — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:32:57 +0000

According to the Earth Policy Institute, China has overtaken the US as the world’s top consumer of four of the five basic food, energy and industrial commodities: grain, meat, coal and steel, lagging behind only in oil. This year’s national Read More

FRIDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) — With Friday’s announcement of almost $5 billion to be paid out to those people claiming they were hurt by the now-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, the drug’s maker, Merck & Co., may have hoped to end the glare of Read More

Ketek, Avandia Among Drugs Doctors Won’t Take - Newsinferno.com (Bextra News)

tedthedj — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:31:32 +0000

Ketek, Avandia Among Drugs Doctors Won’t Take
Newsinferno.com, NY - Jun 23, 2008
By the way, two other drugs in this drug class—Bextra and Vioxx–were banned for similar heart damage risks, yet Celebrex remains available. …

8 drugs doctors wouldn't take - MSNBC (Bextra News)

tedthedj — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:34:10 +0000

8 drugs doctors wouldn't take
MSNBC - Jun 22, 2008
And yet Celebrex, a COX-2 inhibitor, is still available, even though two other drugs of that class, Bextra and Vioxx, were pulled off the market due to a …

Beasley Allen Law Firm Leads National COX-2 Litigation - PRWeb (Bextra News)

tedthedj — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:33:37 +0000

Beasley Allen is spearheading the review of over 31,000 claims against the manufacturers of Bextra, Celebrex, and Vioxx, having filed 161 cases to date. Montgomery, AL ( PRWEB ) April 14, 2005 — Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C Read More