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Pfizer Faces Celebrex Fallout

NPR | By Snigdha Prakash

Published December 20, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Pfizer is dealing with repercussions of a study linking its painkiller Celebrex to an increased risk of heart trouble. The company will stop airing its ads for the drug in response to a request from the Food and Drug Administration, which is mulling further action. Meanwhile, Pfizer's stock continued to sink on Wall Street. NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports.

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