Thursday, November 15th, 2007
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a mutated form of adenovirus, a common viral pathogen responsible for upper respiratory infections, has claimed the lives of ten people through out the US. The report, released in this weeks Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) indicates that ...
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
Vioxx, the Cox-2 anti-inflammatory drug, was pulled from the market in 2004 when it was noticed that stroke and heart attack frequency was increased in people taking that drug.To deal with some 27,000 plaintiffs claiming liability, Merck settled out of court for 4.85 billion dollars in one of the largested ...
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