Merck
Merck Stops Trial of Vorapaxar
Started 2011-01-14Ended 2011-01-14
Vorapaxar a anti-clot drug under testing for heart attack and strokes applications was pulled from testing in one of two groups. Merck declined to state why they had discontinued the study other than they had pulled any patients from the testing that had suffered a stroke before or during the drug trial.
Investigator Says Vorapaxar Caused Increase in Brain Bleeding
Started 2011-01-21Ended 2011-01-21
An investigator for the drug trial Vorapaxar stated that it increased the chances of brain bleeding for people have had a stroke before. They are continuing the experimentation on people with heart attack history.
Rick Perry Decrees Mandatory Gardasil Shots By Executive Order
Started 2007-03-02Ended 2007-03-02
Rick Perry then Governor of Texas mandated through an executive order that all girls attending sixth grade (eleven and twelve year olds) must take a Gardasil shot. The socialist order also stated that Texas would pay for any uninsured girls age nine to eighteen to get the shots which had a price tag of around $360 dollars. This order also prevents parents from suing Merck for harmful side affects because it makes it fall under the federal vaccine company protection laws.
The shots were shown to have adverse affects of paralysis and death in the trials.
The shots were shown to have adverse affects of paralysis and death in the trials.