Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3679
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Publication type: Journal Article
Topol EJ.
Failing the public health--rofecoxib, Merck, and the FDA.
N Engl J Med 2004 Oct 21; 351:(17):1707-9
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/351/17/1707
Keywords:
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems
Advertising
Arthritis, Rheumatoid/drug therapy
Cerebrovascular Accident/chemically induced
Clinical Trials/history
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors/adverse effects*
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors/history
Drug Approval*/history
Drug Industry*/history
Drug Industry*/legislation & jurisprudence
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Lactones/adverse effects*
Lactones/history
Myocardial Infarction/chemically induced*
Risk
Sulfones
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration*/history