Pfizer Inc. says it has found an increased risk of heart problems with patients taking its painkiller Celebrex, a drug that is in the same class as Vioxx, which was pulled from the market in September ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc has reached tentative deals with some patients who claim to have suffered heart attacks and strokes from taking the company's Celebrex and Bextra pain medicines, the ...

April 7, 2005 — -- The Food and Drug Administration asked Pfizer Inc. to pull the painkiller Bextra off the shelves today in a voluntary recall after considering data that the drug poses ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pfizer's Celebrex gained a majority of sales for new-generation painkillers in the month after Merck & Co. yanked Vioxx due to safety concerns, according to IMS Health, a ...

NEW YORK New prescriptions for Pfizer Inc. pain reliever Celebrex have fallen by more than half since a government-led study linked the drug to an increased risk of heart and strokes two weeks ago.