Bextra News Archive
Pfizer wants Tillery to cough up plaintiffs' Celebrex and Bextra Rx bills
-NPR
02/27/2008 - Drug maker Pfizer has delivered 36 million pages of facts about painkillers Celebrex and Bextra to class action attorney Stephen Tillery, but he won't tell Pfizer who prescribed the pills for his clients or who paid for the pills. More>>>
Vioxx Heart Risks Began Earlier than Thought
-NPR
05/18/2006 - New data obtained by NPR show that patients who took Vioxx even for short periods were at higher risk of heart problems and strokes. An estimated 20 million Americans took the painkiller before Merck & Co. stopped selling it in 2004. More>>>
Pfizer stops arthritis drug Bextra sales
-NY Reuters
04/07/2005 - Pfizer Inc. on Thursday suspended sales of its arthritis drug Bextra on requests by U.S. and European regulators, who said the risks of potentially fatal side effects outweigh the benefits. More>>>
Medical Panel Poses Pointed Questions to Drug Makers Over Risks of Painkillers
-New York Times
02/17/2005 - A panel of federal drug advisers who gathered here on Wednesday to judge the safety of the heavy-selling pain pills Celebrex, Bextra and Vioxx were tough, sometimes even caustic, in their remarks about the drugs, suggesting that the panel may take a hard line on their uses. More>>>
Scientists Give More Evidence of Vioxx Heart Risks
-Reuters
01/25/2005 - Vioxx, the painkiller recalled last September because of safety concerns, may have caused up to 140,000 cases of serious heart disease in the United States, researchers said on Tuesday. More>>>
Bextra Label Updated with Boxed Warning Concerning Severe Skin Reactions and Warning Regarding Cardiovascular Risk
-FDA News
12/09/2004 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today important new information on side effects associated with the use of Bextra, a COX-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) which is indicated for the treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain).More>>>
New Study Links Pfizer's Bextra, Similar to Vioxx, to Heart Attacks
-New York Times
11/13/2004 - The incidence of heart attacks and strokes among patients given Pfizer's painkiller Bextra was more than double that of those given placebos, according to preliminary results of a study presented yesterday at the American Heart Association meeting in New Orleans.More>>>
FDA Bars Critic From Meeting
Agency Cites 'Intellectual Conflict' in Removing Safety Expert
-Washington Post
11/13/2004 - A prominent drug safety expert has been removed from a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel meeting on Vioxx and other arthritis drugs because of comments he made this week suggesting that the entire class of medications may be unsafe.More>>>
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