Aside from the aforementioned stomach safety study, called VIGOR, Merck also did a smaller study, called 090, which compared Vioxx to a placebo over six weeks.

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Aside from the occasional flight-to-safety rallies driven by periodic credit fears in the near term, we concur.

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Safety aside, the dam upstream from Dujiangyan is the staging post for rescuers heading toward the epicenter.

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But aside from beefing up drug company inspections abroad and tightening food safety regulations, there is no justification for the FDA to receive additional funding.

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