Healthy Skepticism Library item: 12367

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Publication type: news

Judge Calls Celebrex Evidence Unreliable
Therapeutics Daily 2008 Jan 10
http://www.therapeuticsdaily.com/news/article.cfm?contentValue=1671101&contentType=sentryarticle&channelID=33

Abstract:

A state court has ruled that plaintiffs suing Pfizer Inc. over its pain medication Celebrex do not have reliable scientific evidence to prove the drug can cause heart attacks and strokes at the 200-milligram dose, the company said Wednesday.

New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley W. Kornreich said, “The scientific evidence, whether for a heart attack or stroke, is just not there,” according to New York-based Pfizer.

The 200 milligram dose is the most commonly prescribe dose of the medication.

The ruling is similar to one in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, where Judge Charles R. Breyer …