Vioxx pain killer

[crystal sage]

Wow!!!

How could I have missed that in the news?

just read it in the Gupta site.. and thought I better take a further look.

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2005...ts_drugs_do.htm

I don't recall it making the news.. well not the splash it deserved....

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/he...ler-503793.html

Exposed: how drugs giant pushed Vioxx painkiller

The growing furore surrounding the painkiller Vioxx could prove to be the most expensive legal action ever faced by a drugs company and raises questions about the marketing tactics used by a multibillion-pound pharmaceutical giant.

and now Merck are pushing Gardasil for all they are worth... to recoup losses?

Merck 3rd-quarter profit rises 63%

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/22/bloomberg/bxdrug.php

http://www.laleva.org/eng/pharma.html

http://gardasiltruth.com/