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A case unfolding in the Federal Court throws a spotlight on the practices used by drug manufacturers to market their products.
Milanda Rout
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Doctors feted by Merck over Vioxx
SALES representatives from the international pharmaceutical giant that produced anti-arthritis drug Vioxx wined and dined scores of doctors at some of the country’s most expensive restaurants, including Melbourne’s Flowerdrum, Circa the Prince and Jacques Reymond.
Lure of lucre drove Vioxx marketeers
AN Australian sales team of the drug company that manufactured anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx boasted that “money!” was its main motivation, in a puffy profile piece in an internal company newsletter.
Evidence, spin collide in Vioxx case
THERE are two battles being waged in the case between Graeme Peterson and Merck & Co over whether Vioxx caused his heart attack.
Scientist ‘worried’ at Vioxx risk
A MERCK scientist involved in developing the drug Vioxx admitted the possibility of increased heart attacks was “of great concern”.
How Vioxx ‘cunning plan’ got to court
IT started with “a cunning plan”.
Ex-Knox teacher to be extradited
A FORMER teacher at the exclusive Knox Grammar School in Sydney will be extradited tomorrow from Victoria to face child sex charges.
Alleged killer afraid of “dobbing”
A MAN accused of brutally murdering a Victorian couple while their children were in the next room allegedly made a jailhouse confession that he shot the pair because he was worried they were going to “dob” him into police.
Father charged with bridge girl murder
A FATHER of three has been charged with the murder of his four-year-old daughter by allegedly throwing her off the West Gate Bridge.
Arrest after girl thrown off bridge
POLICE have arrested a man at gunpoint on a Melbourne CBD street after a girl, 4, was allegedly thrown off the West Gate Bridge.
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