The Vioxx case takes a bad turn when the Texas jury awarded $32 million for the family of a 71-year-old man who had died after consuming the painkiller Vioxx. The Vioxx case takes a bad turn when ...
A 2011 study in The BMJ compared the safety of these pain relievers and found that rofecoxib, a COX-2 inhibitor also known as Vioxx, had posed more than double the risk of a heart attack compared ...
Triggered by concerns over an increased risk of cardiovascular side effects, Merck announced on 30 September the withdrawal of rofecoxib (Vioxx), its leading drug for the management of rheumatoid ...