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Key Vioxx Research Was Written by Merck, Documents Allege
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Just before publication of the JAMA studies on Tuesday, Merck issued the following statement: "Merck is disappointed that we did not have an opportunity to respond to the misleading claims made in these articles prior to their publication. We believe that a full, unbiased evaluation of the Merck papers shows that many of the conclusions put forward by the authors of the JAMA papers are incorrect."
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At the insistence of the editors of JAMA, documents used for both articles can be viewed at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine.
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SOURCES: Joseph S. Ross, M.D., instructor, department of geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City; Steven Nissen, M.D., chairman, department of cardiovascular medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Kent Jarrell, outside spokesman, Merck & Co.; Jim Fitzpatrick, attorney, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York City; April 16, 2008, Journal of the American Medical Association; April 14, 2008, statement, Merck & Co.
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