Article: Pharma company's long-term study of Celebrex expected to continue.

2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pfizer Inc. said that three large long-term Celebrex (celecoxib capsules) studies involving more than 6,000 patients have not shown any significant safety issues and are expected to continue to completion.

The ongoing studies, which are assessing Celebrex as a potential preventative treatment in both Alzheimer disease and colorectal cancer, have been under way at multiple medical centers worldwide for several years. The studies are being conducted by the U.S. National Cancer Institute, the U.S. National Institutes of Health and Pfizer.

The evidence distinguishing the cardiovascular safety of Celebrex has ...

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