BMJ  2004;328:244 (31 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7434.244

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Spanish court dismisses drug company case: A Madrid court this week dismissed the demand for "rectification" brought against one of Spain's independent drug bulletins, Butlletí Groc, by Merck Sharp & Dohme. The bulletin had claimed in an article that the company had committed scientific fraud in a trial of its cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX 2) inhibitor rofecoxib (Vioxx) (24 January, p 188).

Czech Republic to outlaw caged beds in mental hospitals: A new law will ban the use of caged beds in institutions such as mental hospitals and old age homes in the Czech Republic by the end of this year. A recent report criticised their widespread use in the country, though some psychiatrists defend the practice ( BMJ 2003;327: 1249[Free Full Text]).

Drug companies start trial of "male pill": A clinical trial of the so called "male pill," a hormonal fertility control method for men, has been launched in 14 . . . [Full text of this article]

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