Group Claims Merck Failed to Warn Hispanics in Spanish About Vioxx Cardio Risks

"As embattled pharmaceutical giant Merck attempts to recover over the fallout of its pain reliever Vioxx, Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a national non-profit organization which educates and assists Latinos and others, will release an investigative study conducted in Puerto Rico that shows that Hispanics patients and physicians appear to have never been informed in Spanish about the cardiovascular risks of Vioxx" [PRNewswire]