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Merck report absolves managers on Vioxx 
Merck & Co.’s board of directors said Wednesday that a 20-month investigation funded by the pharmaceutical company found that senior management acted responsibly in its development and marketing of its now withdrawn pain reliever Vioxx.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Merck finds no Vioxx lapses 
After a 20-month internal investigation at a cost of $21 million, Merck & Co. Inc.’s board exonerated its senior managers yesterday of knowingly or recklessly hiding safety information about Vioxx, its recalled pain reliever.
Source: www.philly.com

Investing may be tough, but well worth the pain 
Tom Steffanci is the senior managing director and chief investment officer of Glencrest Investment Advisors, a wholly owned subsidiary of PFF Bancorp established in 2002 to provide extensive asset management experience to PFF customers.
Source: www.dailybulletin.com

EpiCept pain killer patch not effective 
EpiCept Corp. lost one-third of its market share Wednesday after announcing late-stage test results for its experimental pain killer patch did not meet expectations.
Source: www.northjersey.com

Back up your phone contacts online with Zyb 
Web site Zyb backs up and syncs your cell phone’s contacts and calendar data so that you’ll never have to go through the pain of manually entering in contacts on a new phone again. As if that…
Source: www.lifehacker.com

Wheel Up kicks off Month of Pain 
Classic Whistler bike race a fundraiser for B.C. Disabled Ski Team Kim Thompson kthompson@whistlerquestion.com September has been renamed the Month of Pain for good reason.
Source: www.whistlerquestion.com

DEA may ease restrictions on painkiller prescriptions 
People taking Oxycontin, codeine and other powerful painkillers for chronic pain could get a 90-day supply under a Drug Enforcement Administration proposal announced yesterday that would let patients avoid repeated doctor visits for 30-day prescriptions.
Source: www.dispatch.com

Image Quiz 
A sixty-two-year-old man presented with a two-week history of intermittent pain in the right hip that occurred primarily with weight-bearing.
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