Former CDC Head Hired To Boost Merck $5B Vaccine Division
Dr. Julie Gerberding LEARN MORE Merck & Co. Web site Merck News Room announcing appointment Merck responds to Archives of Internal Medicine article on Vioxx – November 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Dr. Julie Gerberding / on Web site Adventures in Autism Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director, Dr. Julie Gerberding, has been named the head of Merck & Co.’s $ 5 billion vaccine
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Deadlines on FDA decisions may compromise drug safety
WASHINGTON - Vioxx, Bextra, Rezulin, Baycol. Looking at drugs yanked off the market, Harvard researchers found a disturbing pattern: Medicines approved right on deadline by the Food and Drug Administration are more likely to cause safety problems later than those cleared with more time to spare.
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Another Merck Victory: Ala. Jury Rejects Claims Against Vioxx
State court jurors sided with drug manufacturer Merck & Co. on Friday and rejected the claims of an Alabama man who blamed the painkiller Vioxx for a heart attack in 2001. Attorneys for Gary Albrig
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