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Merck defends disclosure of Vioxx study data.

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| December 08, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Merck & Co. Inc. sought to fend off charges by a leading medical journal late Thursday that it hid data about heart attacks suffered by patients who took its painkiller Vioxx. Merck said the company "promptly and appropriately disclosed the results" of the study that was the…

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