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TMHS 630: America’s Health Is Getting Scarier

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Vioxx - The FDA's Fault?

FDA deputy director admitted the FDA was wrong for failing to make sure information about increased risk of Vioxx causing cardiovascular events. Merck, who created and marketed this drug, who made a buttload of money, they were found and this is all documented. They manipulated the clinical trial data to literally hide the increased cardiovascular risk and they got caught. How about the shit isn't out there on the streets? How about it's not approved? But this isn't just the FDA's fault. The company killed one person. They didn't kill 10 people. Wasn't a mass shooting. They killed 60,000 people.

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