More on "The People versus Merck and Vioxx"

Another pharmaceutical giant is being exposed as hiding or changing documentation to hide the evidence of the dangers in its pharmaceutical products.

The New York Times > Business > Evidence in Vioxx Suits Shows Intervention by Merck Officials

This is all because ALL drugs are toxic. ALL drugs have to have an established toxicity level before they can be approved. That toxicity level is called LD50 That stands for Lethal doseage 50% - that value is how much of the drug it takes to terminate 50% of the lab animals.