Pfizer Celebrex Revised Labeling Adds Class Cardio Risk, Moves Safety Data
Executive Summary
Pfizer appears to have used the relabeling of its COX-2 inhibitor Celebrex to add class cardiovascular risk language as an opportunity to renegotiate the placement of safety data
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