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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Rival drug giants Pfizer Inc.  and Merck & Co. Inc.  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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Pfizer does not plan to recall Celebrex, but the company would immediately halt advertising this popular arthritis drug to consumers after a study showed that high doses were
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Pfizer (PFE) said Friday that is has received new information about the cardiovascular safety of its popular arthritis drug Celebrex, based on an analysis of a long-term cancer trial.
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Pfizer Inc. says it will immediately pull advertising for its top-selling arthritis pain reliever Celebrex, whose safety was called into question last week after a study found an increased risk of heart attacks in patients taking high dosages of the drug.
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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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Pfizer Inc. , the world's largest pharmaceutical maker, said a Nigerian court ruled against adding more claims to allegations that the company improperly tested a meningitis drug on children in 1996.
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Law &amp; Order: Pharmaceutical Unit. Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) Chief Executive Raymond V. Gilmartin may testify in some of the many lawsuits filed over the Vioxx recall, a company lawyer said.
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Pfizer to investors: Don't stop believing.
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Some analysts are betting Pfizer Inc.  won't have to withdraw its arthritis drug Celebrex but they do  expect sales to fall after a study of the drug in cancer  patients showed it increased the risk of heart attacks.
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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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By Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 1--More than a week after Pfizer Inc. said it would shut down its Ann Arbor research center, the firm's CEO encouraged workers to stay with the company.
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In an announcement that many doctors were waiting for, Pfizer Inc. said its top-selling painkiller Celebrex -- which is similar to Vioxx -- caused an increased risk of heart attacks when used in high doses during a clinical trial.
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Drug company Pfizer said today it is continuing to promote its arthritis drug Celebrex to doctors despite reports it more than doubles the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc. yesterday said a major trial will test whether its popular Celebrex arthritis drug increases the risk of heart attacks, as seen with Merck and Co.'s recalled Vioxx pill.
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U.S. patent officials have initially rejected claims for the basic patent on Pfizer Inc's blockbuster Lipitor cholesterol treatment, although the drug maker said on Monday it remained confident the patent would ultimately be upheld.
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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.