vioxxThe vioxx story is certainly a cautionary tale. I will be collecting a number of Vioxx stories because it is a very clear example of either corporate malfeasance or sloppy research with poor oversight.
Up to 140,000 heart attacks linked to Vioxx
* 00:01 25 January 2005
* NewScientist.com news service
* Shaoni Bhattacharya
Up to 140,000 extra heart attacks may have been caused in the US by the recently withdrawn drug Vioxx since its launch in 1999, suggests a new study. And millions of people may have been exposed unnecessarily to the risk of heart attack by taking Cox-2 inhibitor drugs, including Vioxx, when they did not need the medicines, according to a second study.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6918
http://snipurl.com/30aal
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