Big Drug Makers See Sales Decline With Their Image - New York Times

Big Drug Makers See Sales Decline With Their Image - New York Times:

"A year after Merck's withdrawal of its arthritis medicine Vioxx led to an industrywide credibility crisis, the Food and Drug Administration is blocking new medicines that might previously have passed muster. Doctors are writing fewer prescriptions for antidepressants and other drugs whose safety has been challenged, like hormone replacement therapies for women in menopause. "