“The jury's decision confirms that there is no medical or scientific evidence showing short-term use of VIOXX increases the risk of heart attack and contributed in any way to the unfortunate death of Richard Irvin. Mr. Irvin only took VIOXX for less than a month. He suffered multiple long-standing risk factors for a heart attack including partially clogged arteries. Mr. Irvin would have suffered a heart attack when he did, whether he was taking VIOXX or not.”
“Mr. Irvin's heart attack was a classic case that happens every minute of every day in the United States. There was nothing to suggest ... that Mr. Irvin's clog was due to some outside catalyst.”
“The big headline grabber from December was this supposed deletion of data right before the article was submitted. That has conspicuously disappeared from the journal's article today.”
