Dr. Eric Topol, former provost at the Cleveland Clinic, said Merck withheld information about the drug's dangers before a 2004 study showed it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes after 18 months of use.
''I believe that the data has been seriously misrepresented," Topol said in the videotaped deposition.
There' more:
''I am bothered by the continued outrageous lies of Merck with the full-page multiple ads that 'they published everything' and that they never had a trial which showed any harm of Vioxx" before September 2004.
''This cannot stand and truth about Vioxx needs to come out."
He also disputed Merck's explanation of the VIGOR trial data. The company said the study showed naproxen protected the heart, rather than Vioxx harmed it.
''There are no data that I'm aware of to show that naproxen in any randomized trial is cardioprotective," Topol said.
Pretty strong stuff!
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