Merck defends Vioxx in court, as publisher apologises for fake journal.

Ray Moynihan

doi:10.1136/bmj.b1914

Merck defends Vioxx in court, as publisher apologises for fake journal.

Ray Moynihan^*

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Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare

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Merck has begun the defence of its anti-arthritis drug rofecoxib (Vioxx) in the Federal Court of Australia, amid revelations that it lobbied to quash similar legal action in Britain, and as a publisher apologised for a journal sponsored by the company.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	b1914-b1914
Number of pages	1
Journal	BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Volume	338
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b1914
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Merck defends Vioxx in court, as publisher apologises for fake journal.

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