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Article: REDUX LINK TO HEART ILLS REBUTTED STUDY SEEN BOLSTERING DRUG FIRMS' CASE IN SUITS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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A study released yesterday found that Redux, the diet drug
withdrawn from the market in September because of fears it might
cause heart valve problems, may not cause such problems after all.
The study was funded by the drug's marketer, the Wyeth-Ayerst
Laboratories unit of American Home Products Corp., which said it
has "no plans to reintroduce the drug back on the market, given the
history and the current legal environment."
But the company and Interneuron Pharmaceuticals Inc., the
Lexington company that developed Redux, are likely to use the
findings in defending against lawsuits filed by patients who took
the diet pill and claim they may have suffered heart damage.
The US Food and Drug ...