When Words Come Back From The Dead
David M. Ewalt writes in Forbes:
In the year since pharmaceutical giant Merck withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx from shelves, the company has been hit with 7,000 personal injury lawsuits--one of which already cost the company $253 million. But it could be a frequently misused feature of Microsoft Word that turns out to be the straw that broke Merck's back.
Last week, editors at The New England Journal of Medicine said that before Merck submitted a major study to the Journal for publication in 2000, information linking Vioxx to an increased risk of heart attacks was deleted from the document.
posted by Fergie @ 12/13/2005 03:22:00 PM
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