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At the time , Merck attributed the difference to naproxen 's heart-friendly qualities rather than a defect in Vioxx , garnering a rebuke from the Food and Drug Administration for making that assertion without scientific proof.After two years of wrangling with the FDA , in 2002 Merck added warnings about cardiovascular risks to Vioxx 's label . " Basically you're trained to answer questions from physicians — not to dodge questions , " Santanello said , noting participants could n't win if they dodged all the questions.Lanier highlighted warning letters Merck received from the Food and Drug Administration about misrepresenting or downplaying Vioxx safety concerns in aggressive marketing that included glitzy television ads.Merck added warnings about cardiovascular risks to Vioxx 's label in 2002 . Lucchesi also testified that after a 2000 study showed significant heart risks to Vioxx users , Merck told doctors and the public that Vioxx was safe . A few feet away , he said he saw a white woman leaning against the wall of the laundromat and a black man facing her , his back to Foy.Foy described a lot of movement and vapor coming from the duo , which culminated in a " slashing " movement from the black man , causing the woman to fall to the ground.In his cross-examination , Kaplovitz called attention to Foy 's failure to mention the slashing movement in his statement to police the next day , along with the gaze he shared with the suspect . At this stage the scam looks more like the Nick Leeson false fax school of misaccounting ( he of Barings fame ) than the sophisticated off-balance sheet evasion of Enron . " I saw the Santa Cluas II last night , it was funny and pretty cute . " In it , Merck is being sued by Frederick " Mike " Humeston , 60 , an Idaho postal worker who suffered a heart attack two months after he turned to Vioxx to help with the pain from a Vietnam war wound . That claim garnered a rebuke from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for making that assertion without scientific proof.After two years of wrangling with the FDA , Merck added warnings about cardiovascular risks to Vioxx 's label in 2002 . No British political leader will earn plaudits by going to Berlin in March to sign a declaration celebrating the 50th anniversary of the treaty of Rome .