Why you won’t see this medication anytime soon
“Merck & Co. Inc.’s painkiller Arcoxia offers a “marginal” advantage in gastrointestinal safety but appears “worse than” other pain drugs as well as a placebo in terms of deaths and serious cardiovascular problems, U.S. regulatory staff said in documents released on Friday.”
Merck had hoped that Arcoxia would be their next generation COX-2 medication. I don’t think so.