U.S. court let Merck hide secrets about popular drug's risks (Propecia)

Trinkentr · 2019-09-11T15:38:31+00:00

What makes this a men's rights issue?

autotldr · 2019-09-11T17:03:57+00:00

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 98%. (I'm a bot)

Merck declined to waive its claims of confidentiality to share that filing and the Merck analyst's memo with Reuters.

In 2008, after Swedish regulators investigated reports that sexual side effects continued in men after they stopped taking the drug, Merck changed Propecia's label in that country to warn that erectile dysfunction had been reported to persist after stopping the drug.

Merck agreed to pay a lump sum of $4.3 million, according to a Merck securities filing, to be divided among plaintiffs who settled.

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2019-09-11T15:11:52+00:00

For hair loss? Why would anyone care about hair? Ih that's right he's married.

Title	U.S. court let Merck hide secrets about popular drug's risks (Propecia)
Author	Krane412
Upvotes	19
Comments	5
Date	September 11, 2019 2:32 PM UTC (6 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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