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BMJ 2004; 328 doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7434.244 (Published 29 January 2004)
Cite this as: BMJ 2004;328:244.1

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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). …

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