Abbott Laboratories' marketing practices are under fire again in a series of lawsuits charging that a powerful painkiller the company sells has sparked a wave of addiction. The North Chicago-based pharmaceutical giant has been named as a defendant Abbott Laboratories' marketing practices are...
According to "Business Line", Ranbaxy Laboratories discontinued Rofecoxib, a commonly used painkiller, with immediate effect following Government's decision to ban the drug after evidence ... According to "Business Line", Ranbaxy Laboratories discontinued Rofecoxib, a commonly used painkiller, with immediate effect following Government's...
Northwestern University Professor Richard Silverman looks a little like a lottery winner this week, anticipating the tens of millions of dollars he personally stands to collect for inventing a new painkiller, pregabalin, which could quickly hit $3 bi Northwestern University Professor Richard Silverman looks a little...
The FDA will take longer to OK new drugs after recent problems with the painkiller Vioxx and antidepressant prescriptions for children. The Food and Drug Admin. will keep a closer eye on possible side effects. The FDA will take longer to OK new drugs after...
MARIA BARTIROMO, CNBC ANCHOR: As we have been reporting, a judge declared a mistrial in the first federal lawsuit against Merck and its Vioxx painkiller after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. With more on what the legal picture looks li MARIA BARTIROMO,...
Apr. 9--NEW DELHI -- With Pfizer suspending sales of its painkiller Bextra in the US and Europe, the fate of over 54 versions of the drug currently marketed in India hangs in the balance. Pfizer does not sell Bextra in India. Apr. 9--NEW DELHI...
Purdue Pharma L.P. is shipping its synthetic morphine-based Oxycotin painkiller with radio-frequency identification RFID tags on each bottle. Pfizer (N.Y.) will be shipping RFID-tagged bottles of Viagra sold in the U.S. by the end of 2005. Both p Purdue Pharma L.P. is shipping its...
Orthopedics specialist Smith & Nephew could benefit from the withdrawal last week of painkiller Vioxx, marketed by Merck, after 28,000 heart attacks were linked to the drug. Chief executive Sir Chris O'Donnell says that the recall of the drug, wh Orthopedics specialist Smith & Nephew could...
Merck & Co. Inc. plans to appeal a $253.4 million jury award to the widow of a man killed by the drugmaker's painkiller Vioxx. A Texas state court jury on Friday made the award, $229 million of which is punitive damages. The jury concluded that V ...
Two years after Merck pulled the painkiller Vioxx from the market, 10 personal injury lawsuits have reached verdicts with mixed results for the drug maker.