Pfizer CEO Defends Celebrex, Won't Recall It
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Pfizer Chief Executive Hank  McKinnell said on Sunday doctors should be made aware of the  health risks in prescribing Celebrex to their patients, but the  company does not plan to recall its popular arthritis drug.
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Pfizer Inc. said it has found an increased risk of heart attacks with patients taking its top-selling painkiller Celebrex, a drug that is in the same class as Vioxx, but has no plans to remove it from the market.
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Pfizer Inc.&#39;s bid to head off a Celebrex recall may get a boost from new government data showing the painkiller didn&#39;t raise heart risks in a study, while Aleve, which is sold by Bayer AG, did, investors said.
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The controversy over painkillers known as Cox-2 inhibitors like Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra and major cardiovascular events has prompted a leading heart specialist to speak out.
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Pfizer Inc.&#039;s  chief executive  said on Thursday he was not leaning either way on whether the  world&#039;s top drug maker would spin-off or sell its consumer  products business.
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Pfizer says not to worry, its arthritis pain drug Celebrex won&#39;t go the way of Vioxx. Pfizer says it won&#39;t withdraw Celebrex, its blockbuster arthritis pain medicine, despite Friday&#39;s disclosure
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NEW YORK/OTTAWA  - Pfizer Inc. PFE.N said on  Thursday its arthritis drug Celebrex was safe after a report in  a Canadian newspaper linked it to 14 deaths,
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Pfizer Inc. is indefinitely suspending all consumer advertising of its arthritis drug Celebrex, following last week&#39;s revelation of a study that showed high doses caused an increased risk of heart attacks among cancer patients.
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Pfizer has told federal drug officials that the company's analysis of 41 of its own patient trials of the arthritis and pain drug Celebrex finds no evidence that the drug increases the risk of heart problems.
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Pfizer Inc. said on Thursday its arthritis drug Celebrex is safe. Its comments followed a report in a Canadian newspaper that raised concerns the drug may have been linked to 14 deaths.
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. will  announce plans for a large-scale clinical trial of the ability  of blockbuster drug Celebrex to prevent heart attacks and  strokes in patients with cardiovascular disease, the Wall  Street Journal reported on Monday.
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NEW YORK -- At the request of the Food and Drug Administration, Pfizer Inc. ( PFE) agreed to limit its promotion of Celebrex, in the wake of a clinical trial that tied the painkiller to an increased rate of
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ARTHRITIS sufferers have been told to keep taking the painkiller Celebrex despite the drug&#39;s manufacturer finding an increased risk of heart attack in users of the drug.
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No. 1 drugmaker to end marketing push after study points to higher risk of heart attack, stroke. NEW YORK (CNN) - Under pressure from regulators, Pfizer has agreed to limit advertising of Celebrex after a
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[India News]: New York, Dec 20 : America&#39;s multibillion dollar pharmaceutical industry has been shaken by reports that Pfizer&#39;s high-profile arthritis drug, Celebrex, is said to cause an increased risk of heart attack.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md.  - Rival drug giants Pfizer Inc.  PFE.N and Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N argued conflicting views  of the dangers of their pain relievers on Wednesday to U.S.  science advisers weighing the risks of medicines similar to  recalled arthritis drug Vioxx.
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's second-biggest drugmaker, recalled Paxil CR antidepressants last month because the pills may have lacked an active ingredient, and didn't warn patients.