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

3246.734 - 3269.81 Robert Evans

Dr. David Graham, the associate director for science and medicine in the FDA's Office of Drug Safety, testified before the Senate Finance Committee that Vioxx had been associated with at least 100,000 heart attacks and more than 55,000 premature deaths. That is in the United States. He compared the cost to two to four jumbo jetliners crashing every week for five years. Holy shit.