Part Two: The Vioxx Scandal: How Big Pharma Killed More Americans Than Vietnam

1479.981 - 1502.236 Robert Evans

It swiftly became the best-selling drug in Merck history and one of the best-selling drugs of all time. And just as swiftly, it started to kill people. One of the first to die was Bob Ernst. He was a fit 59-year-old triathlete who started taking Vioxx because of recurrent arthritic pain in his hand. His wife Carol had urged him to try Vioxx after seeing an ad and Bob had gone on the medication.