A newly released report claims that pharmaceutical company Merck engaged in various forms of scientific deception to downplay risks of the painkiller Vioxx and promote the drug’s sale.  Merck disguised in-house studies to appear to have been conducted by independent scientists at medical schools, according to a report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.  Information for the report was gathered using thousands of documents uncovered during Vioxx-related lawsuits.

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