The FDA allowed Bextra to remain on the market until April 7, 2005.
When Pfizer suspended sales of the drug in April 2005, Health Canada, the equivalent of the FDA, issued a stop-sale order which ensured that Bextra would not return to the market in Canada without approval from the public health agency.
Health Canada has since studied all of the available evidence on COX-2 inhibitors in general and Bextra specifically, and decided that "the manufacturer will not be able to bring Bextra back onto the Canadian market under its present conditions of use."
In the US, on February 12, 2006, the Chicago Tribune reported that "advisers to the Food and Drug Administration said Bextra should stay off the market permanently."
However, the task remains for Pfizer, to explain why, in light of the evidence now known to the public, did it allow Bextra to remain on the market until April 7, 2005.
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http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/bextra_knowledge.html
By Evelyn Pringle
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