European referral over GI and CV worries notes "relatively high" adverse reports

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

The document below is a restricted report, titled "COX-2 selective inhibitors: European assessment of gastrointestinal and cardiovascular safety - referral under Article 31 of 20001/83/EC", by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency submitted to a meeting of the British government's Committee on Safety of Medicines held on September 10 2003

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