Celebrex Trial Halted After Heart Attacks

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by mtippett | December 17, 2004 at 08:42 am
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Reuters reports that, "A government-sponsored trial of Pfizer Inc.'s blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was halted after patients taking the medicine had more than twice as many heart attacks as patients taking a placebo, the company said on Friday."

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