Vane's research led drug companies to target pain by stopping the COX enzyme from producing prostaglandins.
In the meantime, analysts are somewhat sanguine about the prospects for the Cox-2 drugs.
Equally, that is not to say that what the cox does involves any great science.
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Mr. Lee is a professor at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
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Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will have to decide the future of the COX-2 drugs in their pipelines.
The Cox-2 inhibitors were only cost-effective, the authors concluded, in patients who already had a history of ulcers.
Beyond treating arthritis, it was believed that the COX-2 inhibitors might have other medical benefits as well.
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Contrary to the whines of tax-loving pols, the Cox-Wyden legislation does not give special status to Internet commerce.
Freeh and former Energy Secretaries Pena and Hazel O'Leary are certain to be targets of the Cox panel's probe.
This could be the most competitive mass-market drug launch since the COX-2 anti-inflammatories Celebrex and Vioxx debuted in 1999.
Most worrisome, there have been troublesome hints that some of the cox-2 inhibitors--especially Vioxx--might boost the risk of heart attacks.
One criticism of the Cox-2 class so far has been that these drugs are no better at killing pain than ibuprofen.
These drugs, along with a new Pharmacia drug, Bextra, are the only members of the Cox-2 class that are on the market.
Moreover, he says, based on data from other randomized, controlled trials, he doesn't see big differences between any of the COX-2 drugs.
"Only the cox of the eight-person sculls could be your 'Average Joe, ' someone without great athletic ability, " says Cao, the team manager.
There are two parts to the cox's job - steering and coaching.
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Growth of the Cox-2 class was fast and furious until an August 2001 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
But growth of the cox-2 class has stalled amid a controversy over whether they deliver on their promise of providing safer pain relief.
The cox is the crew member who doesn't actually row, but is in charge of navigating, motivating the rowers and coordinating their strokes.
Given the tremendous furor over the COX-2 debate, one would think that a compound with a similar profile to Vioxx like diclofenac would be shunned.
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From the start, the COX-2 drugs were designed for a limited number of patients--those who were at high risk for ulcers and other stomach problems.
At least one top cardiologist, the Cleveland Clinic's Steven Nissen , is skeptical that the study will do much to settle the cox-2 heart controversy.
What ruined the Cox-2s, says FitzGerald, is their lack of specificity.
They found that doctors in one managed care organization were just as likely to prescribe ulcer drugs with the Cox-2 inhibitors as they were cheaper drugs.
These statements relate to, among other things, the timing, promotion, and support of the future availability of the Cox ON DEMAND service integrated with TiVo Premiere service.
"The study will answer some open questions" about the cox-2 class, promises Novartis Development Chief Joerg Reinhardt , who says he cannot divulge details prior to publication.
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This drug class, known as the Cox-2 inhibitors, stops inflammation without causing the side effects in the stomach or intestine that can result from older drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen.
Some supporters of a bigger government role in health care claim that drug companies often produce "me-too" medications and have cited Vioxx and Celebrex, both of the COX-2 inhibitor class.
Scientists aren't exactly sure why the Cox-2s could fight cancer, although it appears much of their action lies in the inhibition of the Cox-2 enzyme, which is also involved in swelling.
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