Vioxx "probably" behind death of patient says doctor in confidential Merck report

This material is from a 2005 investigation by Brian Deer for The Sunday Times of London into the painkiller Vioxx | Go to Vioxx index

On September 30 2004, Vioxx's manufacturer, Merck Inc, abruptly withdrew the drug, admitting evidence of a link with heart attacks. But in UK research led by David Kerr and Michael Langman, volunteer Kenneth Wood had already been killed by a heart attack, which his doctor, working with the project, said was "probably" related to Vioxx. Here's the confidential internal Merck adverse event report