Researchers: Merck Vioxx study was for marketing
Monday, August 18, 2008 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
(AP) -- A 1999 Merck & Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, touted to participating doctors and patients as meant to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth marketing strategy, researchers report.