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US Health Care System

536 events in this timeline

Open-Content investigative project managed by kuhan, blackmax, KarenWehrstein

This is the home page for the US Health Care System investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.

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  1. 1999-11-18 November 18, 1999: VIGOR Study Indicates Risk of Heart Problems among Patients Taking Vioxx
  2. 1999-12-22 December 22, 1999: VIGOR Study Provides Clearer Evidence of Heart Problems Among Users of the Drug Vioxx
  3. 2000-02-15 February 15, 2000: Head of Vioxx Study to be Paid $60,000 to sit on Merck Advisory Board
  4. 2000-03-09 March 9, 2000: Merck Scientist Notes that Anticipated Heart Problems Among Vioxx Users Are a ‘Shame’
  5. 2000-03-27 March 27, 2000: VIGOR Study Results Announced
  6. 2000-03-30 March 30, 2000: Merck Scientist Suggests Combining Vioxx with an Anti-Clotting Agent
  7. 2000-04-28 April 28, 2000: Merck Advises Sales Reps on How to Deal with Questions about VIGOR Study
  8. 2000-05-18 May 18, 2000: Merck Submits Results of Vioxx Study to New England Journal of Medicine
  9. 2000-07-05 July 5, 2000: Memo Shows that Authors of Merck Study Are Aware of Least 3 Vioxx Deaths
  10. 2000-10-13 October 13, 2000: Merck Informs FDA of Last Three Deaths in Vioxx Clinical Study
  11. 2000-11-23 November 23, 2000: Scientific Journal Publishes Skewed Results of Vioxx Clinical Study
  12. 2000-12-14 December 14, 2000: Largest Hospital Chain in US Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Government
  13. 2001-02-08 February 8, 2001: FDA Publishes Complete Data on Recent Vioxx Clinical Trial
  14. 2001-02-09 February 9, 2001: Merck Warns Sales Reps to Avoid Questions about Vioxx and Cardiovascular Safety
  15. 2001-03-29 March 29, 2001: Anti-Abortion Organization Urges Bush Administration Not to ‘Harass’ Abortion Opponents over Kopp Arrest
  16. 2001-04-26 April 26, 2001: FDA Panel Recommends Approval for Ketek to Treat Streptococcus Pneumonia
  17. 2001-05-22 May 22, 2001: Merck Issues Deceptive Press Release Asserting ‘Cardiovascular Safety Profile of Vioxx’
  18. 2001-05-22 May 22, 2001: Merck Instructs Sales Reps on How to Handle Physicians Asking about Concerns Raised in New York Times Article
  19. 2001-05-22 May 22, 2001: New York Times Reports on Results of VIGOR Study
  20. 2001-05-29 May 29, 2001: Former Lobbyist for For-Profit Hospitals Sworn in as head of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  21. 2001-07-26 July 26, 2001: New Medicare Head Says Two-Thirds of Est. $12B in Fraudulent Hospital Invoices to Medicare ‘Probably Billing Mistakes’
  22. 2001-08-22 August 22, 2001: Analysis Published in Medical Journal Suggests Vioxx Causes Heart Problems
  23. 2001-09-17 September 17, 2001: FDA Accuses Merck of Deceptive Marketing Campaign for its Drug Vioxx
  24. 2001-09-22 September 22, 2001: Expert Panel Recommends Changes to FDA
  25. 2001-10-02 October 2, 2001: Appeals Court Rejects Anti-Abortion Advocate’s Argument to Continue Intimidating Women at Health Clinics
  26. 2001-10-19 October 19, 2001: FDA Considers Drug Industry’s Argument that Regulation of Ads is a Violation of Companies’ Free Speech Rights
  27. 2002-04-11 April 11, 2002: Merck Adds a Warning about Cardiovascular Risk to Vioxx Label
  28. 2002-04-22 April 22, 2002: Supreme Court to Review ‘NOW v. Scheidler’
  29. 2002-05-16 May 16, 2002: Appeals Court Rules Anti-Abortion Posters, Web Sites Naming Abortion Providers a Threat
  30. 2002-06-05 June 5, 2002 and After: Accused Anti-Abortion Murderer Extradited to US
  31. 2002-09-03 July 2002-September 3, 2002: FDA Chief Counsel Intervenes in Lawsuit on Behalf of Drug Company
  32. 2002-11-21 November 21, 2002: Anti-Abortion Advocate Confesses to Murdering Abortion Doctor
  33. 2003-01-08 January 8, 2003: FDA Panel Recommends Approval for Ketek Despite Problems with Clinical Study
  34. 2003-01-13 January 13, 2003: Operation Rescue Denies Anti-Abortion Violence, Blames Media
  35. 2003-01-27 January 27, 2003: FDA Does Not Approve Drug Ketek, Requests Additional Information
  36. 2003-02-27 February 27, 2003: Anti-Abortion Activist Claims to Have Moderated His Approach to Protesting, Interfering with Clinic Operations
  37. 2003-03-17 March 17-18, 2003: Kopp Found Guilty of Murdering Abortion Doctor
  38. 2003-06-26 June 26, 2003: Largest Hospital Chain in US Settles with Government over Allegations of Health Care Fraud
  39. 2003-08-21 August 21, 2003: Study Finds that Administrative Health Care Costs in US Double that of Canada
  40. 2003-09-03 September 3, 2003: Anti-Abortion Activist Executed for Murder of Abortion Provider, Bodyguard
  41. 2003-11-05 November 5, 2003: Bush Signs Bill Banning ‘Partial-Birth Abortions’
  42. 2003-12-10 December 10, 2003: British Regulators Issue Warning about Prescribing Antidepressants for Children; FDA Does Nothing
  43. 2003-12-16 December 16, 2003: Thomas A. Scully Resigns as Head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Takes Job in Private Sector
  44. 2004-01-14 January 14, 2004: Academy of Sciences Calls for Universal Health Care
  45. 2004-03-25 March 25, 2004: FDA Memo Discusses Problems with 2001-2002 Clinical Study for Ketek
  46. 2004-04-01 April 1, 2004: FDA Approves Ketek
  47. 2004-05-06 May 6, 2004 and After: FDA Refuses to Allow ‘Morning-After’ Birth Control Pill to be Sold without Prescription
  48. 2004-05-13 May 13, 2004: Pfizer Pleads Guilty to Charges that it Illegally Marketed Drug
  49. 2004-08-20 August 20, 2004: FDA Approves Vioxx for Children
  50. 2004-08-25 August 25, 2004: Study by FDA Scientist Suggests 27,000 Americans Have Died from Taking Vioxx