FDA Warning Letter to
Merck & Co. Inc. Excerpt – 2001

“You have also engaged in promotional activities that minimize the Vioxx / Coumadin (warfarin) drug interaction, omit important risk information, make unsubstantiated superiority claims against other NSAIDs, and promote Vioxx for unapproved uses and an unapproved dosing regimen. In addition, in misrepresenting the Vioxx / warfarin drug interaction you also misrepresent Vioxx's safety profile by minimizing the potentially serious risk of significant bleeding that can result from using Vioxx and warfarin concomitantly.

Your minimizing the potential risks and misrepresenting the safety profile for Vioxx raise significant health and safety concerns. Your misrepresentation of the safety profile for Vioxx is particularly troublesome because we have previously, in an untitled letter, objected to promotional materials for Vioxx that also misrepresented Vioxx's safety profile.”

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