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Terry "Tex" Turner: Keeping an Eye on the Best Government Money Can Buy

Friday, November 05, 2004

Yeah, But the Drugs Reimported from Canada are More Dangerous

US drug maker Merck & Company had data four years ago showing that Vioxx raised the risk of heart attacks. Scientists say the studies were enough that Merck should have pulled it's anti-arthritis drug off the market in 2000. The British medical journal Lancet says Merck failed to properly analyze the information. Last month, Sen Charles Grassley (R-IA) drubbed the FDA for trying to supress government concerns over the drug's safety. (MSNBC)

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