Vioxx risks could have been identified years earlier

Monday, November 23, 2009 - 20:56 in Health & Medicine

Studies showed substantial cardiovascular dangers linked to the anti-inflammatory medication almost four years before it was taken off the market, new research has concluded. The significant cardiovascular risks linked to Vioxx could have been identified nearly four years before the anti-inflammatory medication was taken off the market, a new study has concluded, but consumers and physicians didn't have access to such information at...

Read the whole article on LA Times - Science

More from LA Times - Science

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net