Merck feature articles

Trial Results for the Cholesterol Blocker Zetia Have Not Been Revealed Published February 15 2008	Concepts: Zetia, Merck, the FDA, Vytorin, statins
New York Sues Merck over Vioxx Fraud Published February 15 2008	Concepts: Merck, New York, Vioxx, business practices, Medicaid
Why Merck Lost Its 3rd Bid to Sell Mevacor Over the Counter Published February 4 2008	Concepts: Mevacor, Merck, statins, the FDA, Public Citizen
The Marvels of Brown Seaweeds on the Human Body Published January 16 2008	Concepts: seaweed, Merck, scientific fraud, polyphenols, clinical trials
Merck Committed Scientific Fraud in Delays, Distortions of Vytorin Drug Trial (opinion) Published January 16 2008	Concepts: Vytorin, Merck, scientific fraud, the FDA, Big Pharma
Merck Engaged in Blatant Scientific Fraud with Vytorin Cholesterol Study? (opinion) Published January 11 2008	Concepts: scientific fraud, Merck, Vytorin, clinical trials, Big Pharma
Vaccines and Medical Experiments on Children, Minorities, Woman and Inmates (1845 - 2007) Published December 14 2007	Concepts: CIA, EPA, America, hospital, New York
Dissecting a Thimerosal Study Published November 14 2007	Concepts: thimerosal, Merck, mercury, GlaxoSmithKline, IQ
Merck set up offshore accounts to avoid U.S. taxes; settles with IRS for $2.3 billion Published February 26 2007	Concepts: Merck, the IRS, taxes, drug companies, United States
Merck backs off national push for mandatory HPV vaccinations Published February 22 2007	Concepts: Merck, HPV, vaccination, vaccines, medical corruption
Virginia law guaranteeing parents' medical rights routed by mandatory HPV vaccination Published February 20 2007	Concepts: parents, HPV, Merck, Abraham Cherrix, Gardasil
Medical tyranny in Texas turns teenage girls into HPV vaccination profit centers (opinion) Published February 7 2007	Concepts: Merck, medical tyranny, health freedom, vaccination, HPV
Angry lawmakers demand Texas vaccine order be rescinded Published February 7 2007	Concepts: lawmakers, Gardasil, Merck, gunpoint medicine, vaccines
Cancer vaccines, little girls and the dirty business of Texas politics Published February 6 2007	Concepts: vaccines, cancer, Merck, medical tyranny, gunpointmedicine
Merck to "pirate" Traditional Chinese Medicine compounds to develop new drugs, warns consumer health advocate Published December 12 2006	Concepts: Chinese medicine, Merck, consumer health, cancer drugs, traditional chinese medicine
Thailand issues license to manufacture generic version of Efavirenz; snubs Merck AIDS drug monopoly Published December 4 2006	Concepts: AIDS, Merck, Thailand, intellectual property, drug patents
Merck's Vioxx replacement drug found to cause cardiovascular complications Published November 14 2006	Concepts: Arcoxia, Merck, Vioxx, COX-2 inhibitor, drug approval
FDA approves Merck's Januvia diabetes drug that claims to treat diabetes but only alters symptoms, health author says Published October 18 2006	Concepts: Januvia, diabetes, diabetes drugs, Merck, Type 2 diabetes
Hopes for weight loss drug dashed by failure in human trials Published October 4 2006	Concepts: weight loss, Merck, weight loss drug, placebo, obesity
Merck denied blood pressure screening services to doctors that did not prescribe its brand-name drugs Published October 2 2006	Concepts: blood pressure, Merck, doctors, drug marketing, ethics
FDA whistleblower warns about safety of new arthritis drug Arcoxia Published September 15 2006	Concepts: Arcoxia, Vioxx, the FDA, arthritis drug, COX-2 inhibitors
Journal Corrects Vioxx Article to Reflect Short-Term Heart Risk (press release) Published August 30 2006	Concepts: Vioxx, Merck, heart attack, COX-2 inhibitor, Celebrex
Jury finds Merck negligent in Vioxx trial, awards $50 million to retired FBI agent Published August 17 2006	Concepts: Merck, Vioxx, heart attack, dangerous drugs, doctors
Fosamax Dangers: More Trouble for Merck (press release) Published August 2 2006	Concepts: Fosamax, Merck, Vioxx, calcium, healthy bones
FDA, Merck may have conspired to discredit whistleblower, says U.S. Senator Published July 21 2006	Concepts: Merck, the FDA, Big Pharma, Vioxx
Merck litigation strategy - destroy expert witnesses Published July 17 2006	Concepts: Merck, Vioxx, heart attack, the FDA, heart attacks
Merck hid negative trial results from FDA, reveals former Merck research scientist in Vioxx trial Published June 29 2006	Concepts: Merck, Vioxx, the FDA, heart attack
Silencing public health advocates: Outspoken Vioxx critic loses job after testimony against Merck in federal trial Published March 29 2006	Concepts: Vioxx, Merck, public health, dr. topol, COX-2 inhibitors
New England Journal of Medicine accuses Merck of deleting important Vioxx information from study Published February 15 2006	Concepts: Merck, Vioxx, heart attack, dangerous drugs, medical ethics
Big Pharma and profit priorities: why business ethics never trickle up Published October 19 2005	Concepts: ethics, business ethics, Merck, Big Pharma, drug safety
The great thimerosal cover-up: Mercury, vaccines, autism and your child's health Published September 22 2005	Concepts: mercury, thimerosal, vaccines, autism, vaccination
Merck loses Vioxx lawsuit: jury awards $253.4 million to widow Published August 19 2005	Concepts: Vioxx, Merck, Big Pharma, pharmaceuticals, dangerous drugs
Leaked documents show Merck knew of Vioxx dangers, yet hid them for years Published August 6 2005	Concepts: Vioxx, Merck, e-mail, prescription drugs, heart attack
Drug companies discredit negative studies and blacklist honest researchers Published May 17 2005	Concepts: drug companies, Merck, Big Pharma, pharmaceuticals, evidence-based medicine
PYY3-36 appetite control nasal spray may be effective, yet still misused by consumers Published April 17 2005	Concepts: Merck, Nastech, appetite control, nasal spray, appetite
Merck now under criminal investigation by the Justice Department for Vioxx scandal Published January 1 2005	Concepts: Vioxx, Justice Department, Merck, the FDA, criminal investigation
Drug company investors to experience accelerating losses as pharmaceutical company stock prices continue to fall Published December 28 2004	Concepts: investors, stock prices, drug companies, pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical company
Merck now under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for possibly misleading investors Published December 27 2004	Concepts: Merck, Securities and Exchange Commission, Vioxx, the SEC, pharmaceutical companies
Reputation of the FDA in shambles after Vioxx scandal; calls for wholesale FDA reform gain momentum Published November 6 2004	Concepts: the FDA, Vioxx, FDA reform, Merck, prescription drugs
Merck caught in scandal to bury Vioxx heart attack risks, intimidate scientists and keep pushing dangerous drugs; Vioxx lawsuits now forming Published November 6 2004	Concepts: Vioxx, Merck, the FDA, dangerous drugs, prescription drugs
Vioxx disaster shows health hazards of prescription drugs, failure of FDA to protect the public Published October 4 2004	Concepts: Merck, prescription drugs, Vioxx, the FDA, direct-to-consumer advertising
Corruption exposed: drug companies gave grants, consulting fees to panelists who issued new cholesterol guidelines that are driving demand for statins Published July 15 2004	Concepts: corruption, statin drugs, statins, prescription drugs, drug racket
New cholesterol guidelines a handout to pharmaceutical companies Merck, Pfizer Published July 14 2004	Concepts: Merck, pharmaceutical companies, statin drugs, statins, cholesterol guidelines

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