In the medicine’s labeling as new information became available.”ĪRTICLE FINDINGS: Study on risk of unusual fractures of the thigh bone in patients taking the drug.
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We acted responsibly in conducting the clinical trial program, in marketing the medicine, in monitoring its safety once it was approved for use and in updating information After three years of debate, Avandia sales were restricted in the United States, and removed from the market in Europe.ĬOMPANY RESPONSE GlaxoSmithKline issued a statement: “We firmly believe In a 2007 NEJM article, they reported that Avandia use elevated the risk of heart attack by Helps regulate blood glucose levels in patients with Type-2 diabetes.įINDINGS CHALLENGED Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic gathering andĪnalyzed all the trial results involving Avandia that they could find. In 2007, the company agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle 27,000 lawsuits related to the drug.ĪRTICLE FINDINGS: Study saying that Avandia lasted longer and that heart risks were similar to another commonly used medicine. The scientistsĭiscussed ways of designing the experiment so that the heart troubles would be less apparent - such as allowing aspirin and excluding patients with heart ailments, e-mails released in litigation show.ĬOMPANY RESPONSE In 2004, Merck voluntarily removed Vioxx from the market. Released as part of subsequent lawsuits showed that scientists planning the experiment had worried that their experiment would indicate a safety risk and “kill” the drug. SALES Worldwide sales in the early 2000s reached as high as $2.5 billion annually.įive years after they published the Vioxx trial, the editors reported thatĬritical information about “adverse cardiovascular events” had been omitted from the article and that the omission created “misleading” conclusions about the drug’s safety. Reduces pain, inflammation and stiffness caused by arthritis, and manages acute pain in adults. One of the co-authors was praised in a Merck company performance review as a “tireless defender” of the drug, court proceedings showed.ĪUTHORS/EMPLOYEES: Two of the authors were employees. The company “quickly and responsibly communicated these new findings.”ĪRTICLE FINDINGS: Report of trial showing that Vioxx is less likely to cause gastrointestinal problems than a competitor. The agency required that the company offer consumers a warning.ĬOMPANY RESPONSE Amgen said that as the understanding of the drugs has evolved, Moreover, while the paper said the risk of death and heart attacks was not statistically different between the higher-dose and lower-dose groups, theįDA said that the hazards are higher for patients getting the higher dose and that the result is statistically significant. Patients in the higher-dose and lower-dose groups. Although the original NEJM article suggested that a higher dose improved a patient’s quality of life, it omitted the fact that no such difference was detected between SALES By 2005, sales reached $3 billion annually.įINDINGS CHALLENGED Earlier this year, a Washington University doctor reconsidered the data andĭiscovered discrepancies.
Treats anemia in chronic kidney disease patients and chemotherapy patients. dose was not associated with higher mortality.”ĪUTHORS/EMPLOYEES: Four of the authors were employees. The drug led to a better quality of life and and that “a higher. Among other things, the artcile suggested that The drug was ineffective in normal usage and “cannot be recommended for routine use in the broad populationĬOMPANY RESPONSE “We are proud to have completed the study and toĬontinue making Natrecor available for physicians to treat patients,” a Scios spokesman wrote.ĪRTICLE FINDINGS: Results of a major trial of Epogen, an anemia drug that would become one of the bestselling in the nation.
Undermined their “independence and strength.” Last year - 11 years after the first article on the drug - NEJM published an article about a larger trialĬonducted by other researchers, which was funded by the company. Two trials concluded that the link between the drug and clinical benefits is “tenuous.” They also cited “problems in the collection of these data,” which SALES Reportedly reached $400 million in annual sales by 2004.įINDINGS CHALLENGED Even before the NEJM article, Food and Drug Administration reviewers who had seen the data from the Improves breathing in patients with congestive heart failure. clinical status” and is “useful.”įUNDED BY: Drug maker Scios (now a subsidiary of Johnson&Johnson)ĪUTHORS/EMPLOYEES: One of the co-authors was an employee.
ARTICLE FINDINGS: Results of two trials of the heart drug.
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