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Biotech / Medical : PFE (Pfizer) How high will it go?

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To: BigKNY3 who wrote (7272)	3/22/1999 8:32:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong	Read Replies (1) of 9523

03/22 19:46 Merck <MRK.N> launching pain drug Vioxx in Mexico MEXICO CITY, March 22 (Reuters) - U.S. pharmaceutical giant Merck and Co. Inc. said on Monday that Mexico would be the first market where its new pain reliever Vioxx would be available with its launch here this week. "Mexico will be the first country in the world to have Vioxx available," a statement from the company's Merck Sharp and Dohme unit said. It said Mexican health authorities approved the drug on Feb. 1. Vioxx is one of a new line of pain relievers known as Cox-2 inhibitors designed to treat pain and arthritis without the gastrointestinal side effects often seen in aspirin and ibuprofen. Brisk initial U.S. sales of G.D. Searle & Co's <MTC.N> Cox-2 inhibitor, Celebrex, have put it on track to top Pfizer Inc. <PFE.N> impotency drug Viagra as the most successful drug launch ever. Vioxx is due to be reviewed by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee in April, with approval expected this spring. Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim also has a Cox-2 drug expected to be approved in the U.S. late this year. moneynet.com@NEWS-P1&Index=0&HeadlineURL=../News/NewsHeadlines.asp&DISABLE_FORM=&NAVSVC=News\Company

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