MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ litigation firms, today announced the Internet broadcast of an interview between Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) pharmacist PhD, Wayne Weart, and Motley Rice attorney, Cindi A. Solomon. The webcast of the interview, which will detail issues related to Vioxx, will take place on Friday, November 19, 2004 at 2:00 EST at http://www.motleyrice.com/vioxx . Other attorneys, media contacts, investors and concerned citizens are invited to watch the interview.
Dr. Weart will discuss the dangers of Cox2 inhibitors and highlight how these types of drugs increase patients’ chances of having an event such as a heart attack or stroke. He will share how the drug interacts with the body and its intended use, as well as offer insight into what research has yielded and what Merck has known over the past four or five years.
On September 30, 2004 Merck did a worldwide recall of the arthritis medicine Vioxx (chemical name rofecoxib) because the drug had been shown to double the risk of heart attacks and strokes in long-term users. According to reports, roughly 20 million Americans had taken Vioxx by the time of the recall. The first Congressional hearings to address the drug’s safety problems started on Thursday, November 18, 2004. Senator Charles E. Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has requested testimony from Raymond V. Gilmartin, chief executive of Merck, and Lester M. Crawford Jr., acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
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