"Vioxx maker nixed heart study, report says: "Top executives at pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. decided in May 2000 against developing a study to test directly whether its Vioxx painkiller drug might pose a heart risk, The New York Times reported today.
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"Just two months after results from a clinical trial suggested that the popular anti-arthritis drug might cause a higher risk of heart attacks, company scientists questioned whether a focused trial was possible, the Times reported." [Houston Chronicle]
