Troubling Trust Issue - Pfizer
February 2, 2005 07:58

http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05020220.htm
... It appears that Pharmacia, the company that Pfizer purchased in 2002 to gain control of Celebrex and another pain drug, Bextra, did not in fact conceal the data, and admittedly the study was fairly small. But Pharmacia's, and later Pfizer's, failure to fully follow up on this study is disconcerting, especially given that Merck's (NYSE: MRK) rival drug, Vioxx, was known to carry a cardiovascular risk. ...

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050202/NEWS01/502020332/1002/NEWS
Skepticism about prescription drugs abounds these days, after the arthritis wonder drug Vioxx was ripped off shelves in September and questions linger about drugs ranging from children's anti-depressants to cholesterol-lowering medication. ...