Bextra

That's the class of drugs we're talking about here, that this one's called Bextra, the one that you wrote about.

CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2004 2004

So immune to criminal sanctions was the New York-based company that it launched its off-label Bextra campaign at the same time the company was pleading guilty to doing precisely the same thing with other drugs.

PharmaGossip insider 2010

Seven months after Merck pulled Vioxx from the market, the Food and Drug Administration urged Pfizer to recall Bextra, another Cox-2 inhibitor.

IN THE NEWS: ANOTHER BITTER PILL 2007

Pfizer is saying that its drug Bextra, which is one of the cox-2 inhibitors that have been so controversial over the past year, will be back on the market.

CNN Transcript May 12, 2005 2005

WEIL: The one that you heard about today, called Bextra (ph).

CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2004 2004

The criminal charge related to a painkiller called Bextra, considered a Cox-2 inhibitor, which was pulled from the market back in 2005 due to mounting evidence that it increased the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death.

Dissident Voice Joseph Grosso 2009

In 2009, Pfizer Inc. reached the pharmaceutical industry's biggest settlement, agreeing to pay $2.3 billion to resolve an investigation into the marketing of now-withdrawn painkiller Bextra.

Prosecutors Seek $1 Billion From J&J in Marketing Probe Jonathan D. Rockoff 2011

In 2009, Pfizer Inc. agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle a government probe of its marketing practices for painkiller Bextra and other drugs, while Eli Lilly & Co. paid more than $1.4 billion to settle an investigation of the marketing of antipsychotic Zyprexa for unauthorized uses.

Abbott Books $1.5 Billion Charge for Potential Settlement Peter Loftus 2011

From last year's Avandia warnings to the withdrawal of Vioxx, Bextra, Baycol, Meridia, Trovan and Fen Phen, "Pill Buyer Beware" seems to be a shrewd stance, especially when a drug is new.

Martha Rosenberg: Moms-To-Be: Are You Taking This Dangerous Drug? Martha Rosenberg 2011

In 2009, for instance, Pfizer Inc. agreed to pay a criminal fine of $1.2 billion and civil payment of about $1 billion to settle allegations that it improperly promoted the former pain drug Bextra and other drugs.

J&J Books Reserve for Probe Peter Loftus 2011