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10 Voters on Panel Backing Pain Pills Had Industry Ties

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10 of the 32 members of an advisory panel that recently voted in favor of advising the Food and Drug Administration to allow the sale of painkillers Celebrex, Bextra and Vioxx have had previous relationships with the pharmaceutical industry.

Author: Berenson, Alex, Harris, Gardiner
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Public affairs, Legal/Government Regulation, Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing, Medicinals and botanicals, Ethics, Analgesics & Antipyretics NEC, Company legal issue, Laws, regulations and rules, Investigations, Ethical aspects, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Analgesics, Celebrex (Medication)

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Pfizer Warns of Risks From Its Painkiller

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Pfizer has warned that its arthritis medication Bextra, like Merck's Vioxx, may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Author: Abelson, Reed
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
United States, Complications and side effects, Risk factors, Drug therapy, Pfizer Inc., Heart diseases, Stroke (Disease), Stroke, COX-2 inhibitors, Arthritis, PFE, Merck & Company Inc.

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Subjects list: Product defects and recalls, Pharmaceutical industry, Vioxx (Medication), Bextra (Medication)
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