Baycol Withdrawal: Did Public Reaction Cause More Harm Than Drug?
Executive Summary
The public reaction to the withdrawal of Bayer's Baycol (cerivastatin) may have caused more harm than the toxicity associated with the drug, Duke Centers for Education & Research on Therapeutics Principal Investigator Robert Califf, MD, told a CERTs workshop in Chapel Hill, N.C., Jan. 8
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