Merck agrees to $58M settlement over Vioxx ad claims
                   
pharmiweb.co.uk     20-May-2008            

By MARTHA RAFFAELE, Associated Press Writer Merck & Co. has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement of allegations that its ads for the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks. The agreement announced Tuesday also calls for Merck to submit all... [read full story]                    


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Akela Pharma Announces Approval to Initiate Fentanyl Taifun Phase 3 Study in Europe and...

pharmiweb.co.uk     23 hrs ago          

MONTREAL, Sept. 4 /CNW Telbec/ - Akela Pharma Inc. (TSX: "AKL"), a drug development company focused on developing therapies for the inhalation and pain markets, today announced that Finnish Regulatory Authorities have...                    

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Olympics 2008: Athletics- Kate Reed's room in Beijing searched after morphine 'joke' rebounds

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The British 10,000m runner Kate Reed had her bedroom in Beijing searched on suspicion of possessing drugs, it has emerged. Reed, 25, finished 23rd at the Olympics and has blamed her performance on UK Athletics' insistence...                    

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Inwindow Outdoor Launches Midtown Storescape for MTV in Advance of Sunday´s Video Music Awards

euroinvestor.co.uk     3 hrs ago   3 related          

Inwindow Outdoor, the leader in storefront-based outdoor advertising, has created an outdoor display, or Storescape, for MTV in midtown Manhattan to help promote the network’s upcoming Video Music Awards which will be...                    

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Dork talk

guardian.co.uk     1 hr ago          

It is rare for me to contemplate new gadgetry without a pang of regret for the early passing of Douglas Adams. For years, we played with digital toys together, swapping software and finding new ways to make our systems...                    

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