Three Bextra lawsuits were filed against Pfizer Inc. on behalf of three individuals who allegedly were injured by the pain relief drug, Bextra, the Philadelphia law firm Kline & Specter, P.C. announced Monday in a statement.
Two of the plaintiffs suffered heart attacks and one sustained a stroke after taking Bextra, attorneys for the plaintiffs stated.
Pfizer, [...]
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Bextra Lawsuits Filed Against Pfizer in New York
April 11th, 2005 · 11 Comments
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Chicago Law Firm Files Bextra Class Action Lawsuit Against Pfizer
April 11th, 2005 · 4 Comments
A class action lawsuit was filed against Pfizer Inc., on behalf of all persons who died or were injured by the pain relief drug, Bextra, the Chicago law firm Kenneth B. Moll & Associates, Ltd. announced Monday.
The Bextra lawsuit accuses pharmaceutical giant Pfizer of failing to properly research the known risks of Bextra, warn consumers [...]
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Attorneys Request Bextra Lawsuits be Transferred to Louisiana
April 8th, 2005 · No Comments
Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, said Thursday it would remove the arthritis drug Bextra from the market. Following yesterday’s announcement, Louisiana attorneys for Bextra and Celebrex patients asked today a judicial panel in Washington, D.C. to move all Bextra and Celebrex lawsuits in the country to one federal court, the U.S. District Court [...]
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Bextra Pulled From Market in U.S. and Europe, Pfizer Says
April 7th, 2005 · No Comments
Bextra, the pain relief drug from Pifzer Inc., was taken off the market Thursday because the overall risk versus benefit profile for Bextra is “unfavorable,” the Food and Drug Administration said.
Bextra belongs to a class of drugs called Cox-2 inhibitors, including Celebrex (made by Pfizer) and Vioxx (made by Merck & Company). All three painkillers [...]
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Public Citizen Urges FDA to Ban Celebrex and Bextra
January 24th, 2005 · 4 Comments
A consumer group petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to remove the arthritis drugs Celebrex and Bextra from the market. The group claims that both painkillers from Pfizer Inc. increase the risk of heart attacks in patients.
Celebrex and Bextra are part of the same family of drugs called COX-2 inhibitors as Vioxx, which was pulled [...]
Bextra Label to Include Warning on Heart Attack Risk, FDA Says
December 9th, 2004 · 1 Comment
The “Powerful” arthritis drug Bextra from Pfizer will include a new warning about possible heart attack risk when used by patients who recently had heart bypass surgery, the Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
Bextra is part of the same family of drugs, COX-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), as Celebrex also made by Pfizer [...]
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New Study Links Bextra, Smiliar to Vioxx, to Heart Attacks
November 10th, 2004 · No Comments
The “powerful” arthritis drug Bextra from drug giant Pfizer increases a patients’ risk of heart attack and stroke, according to preliminary results of a study presented yesterday at the American Heart Association meeting in New Orleans, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
The study found that patients taking Bextra experienced twice the number of heart [...]
Pfizer Says Bextra May Increase Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
October 18th, 2004 · 9 Comments
Pfizer, the world’s largest drugmaker, on Friday warned doctors that its arthritis drug Bextra might increase the risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attack or stroke, in coronary bypass surgery patients.
The news comes just two weeks after Merck pulled its arthritis drug Vioxx from all worldwide markets after a study confirmed that it increases [...]
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