Deaths after taking Viagra are confirmed to total 69 Americans
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The Food and Drug Administration confirmed that 69 Americans have died after taking the sexual-dysfunction drug Viagra, but said the agency has not changed its opinion about the drug's safety. The FDA said it has received reports of 123 deaths among the 3.6 million patients who had been dispensed Viagra prescriptions between March and July of 1998. Of the 123 reports, 12 were foreign patients, and 30 could not be confirmed. Forty-six patients died from cardiovascular events and 2 from stroke. The cause of death could not be confirmed in 21 of the cases, and in 12 cases, it was not known if the drug had been used. Most of the deaths were among patients with 1 or more risk factors. Only 5 deaths occurred among Viagra users who had no previous history of heart disease or other risk factors.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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Boeing to sell its production of helicopters
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Seattle-based Boeing Co., in a move to shed one of the three helicopter lines it acquired as part of its merger with McDonnell Douglas, is planning to sell its MD-900 commercial helicopter line in a deal valued at approximately $100 million. Boeing is trying to conclude arrangements for the deal with an alliance of state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries and Belgian helicopter distributor, Helifly. While TAI believes it can produce the MD-900's fuselage at much cheaper costs, Boeing has wanted to shed the line due to its current uncompetitive cost of $3.5 million each.
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Is planning to buy Boeing's line of MD-900 helicopters in an alliance with Belgium's Helifly
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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