Maker of Oxycontin Reaches Settlement With West Virginia
Purdue Pharma reached a settlement with regulators in West Virginia yesterday over claims that it had inappropriately marketed Oxycontin, its controversial painkiller, to state residents.
Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s Vioxx painkiller&#39;s heart risk was evident in studies four years before the drug was recalled -- and it should have been pulled from the market then, according to a study published in the medical journal Lancet.