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There is no medical or scientific evidence that Vioxx contributed to Mr. Humeston's heart attack.

Jim Fitzpatrick
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What the e-mail referred to is that if you compare Vioxx to a traditional pain reliever, you'll see a difference in clotting events. What he meant was that a misinterpretation of that difference would kill the drug, ... That e-mail was speculating that people would misinterpret it (the trial) as being a problem with Vioxx.

Jim Fitzpatrick
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For a relatively small set of cases that involve patients who used Vioxx for over 18 months, we will take a close look.

Kent Jarrell
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When you have a massively prescribed and consumed drug like Vioxx, and if something goes wrong, you have a lot of potential for (liability) exposure. Vioxx has that kind of profile. Whether or not each and every drug will have that profile, it's hard to say.

John Rhodes
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This is not a normal Vioxx case, which is about heart attacks and strokes being increased by the use of the drug, ... We plan on making it about the specifics of causation. ... This is a good case for us.

Kent Jarrell
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Cases we'll be looking at concern ingestion of Vioxx for 18 months or more by patients with limited heart risk factors.

Kent Jarrell
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A study of patient insurance records [showed] that Vioxx users had a 50 percent greater chance of heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths.

David Graham
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The clinical study Merck conducted that lead it to voluntarily withdraw the drug only revealed an increased risk after 18 months of daily use. Mr. Humeston only took Vioxx intermittently for less than two months. The science just isn't there to support his claim.

Jim Fitzpatrick
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