After less than 11 hours of deliberation, a Texas jury yesterday found Merck & Co. responsible for the death of a 59-year-old triathlete who was taking the company's once-popular painkiller, Vioxx.
Almost 60 years after the end of World War II, the pharmaceutical industry is fighting its own version of the Battle of the Bulge in a last ditch effort to regain consumer confidence and stave off more regulation or (gasp!) legislation.
Almost 60 years after the end of World War II, the pharmaceutical industry is fighting its own version of the Battle of the Bulge in a last ditch effort to regain consumer confidence and stave off more regulation or (gasp!) legislation.
Two powerful Republican senators have expressed skepticism about the drug industry's ability to self-regulate its direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising practices under PhRMA's new code of conduct.
