Healthy Skepticism Library item: 12698

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Publication type: news

Bansal P.
Merck probed over Vioxx marketing: report
Reuters.com 2008 Jan 31
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN3137171220080201

Full text:

A federal grand jury is probing drug maker Merck & Co’s marketing for its pain drug Vioxx, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Massachusetts is probing whether the company marketed Vioxx for uses other than those approved by regulators, the Journal reported, citing an unnamed source.

A representative for the U.S. attorney’s office could not be reached immediately for comment.

Merck spokesman Kent Jarrell declined to comment.