Steven Nissen

This CNN article has some background on Steven Nissen and his background as a politically active college student in the 1960s. Nissen has become one of the most famous whistleblowers in the medical field -- raising awareness of health risks associated with Vioxx and Avandia. The article is an interesting read. Linked from http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/11/01/profile.cardiologist.nissen/index.html --- A glimpse into his background explains a lot. As an undergraduate during the turbulent 1960s...Read Full Story

By Matther Herper Ever since cardiologists Steven Nissen and Eric Topol pooled clinical trials to warn about the heart risks of Vioxx in 2001, drug companies have fretted about how outsiders will use their data. The technique of pooling disparate clinical trials, called meta-analysis, has become the most powerful weapon of drug safety researchers. A meta-analysis resulted in Novartis’ bowel drug Zelnorm being yanked, and it was another meta-analysis by Nissen that raised concerns about...Read Full Story

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Nissen, head of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic, discusses the rate of drug approvals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Nissen speaks from Cleveland with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness." (Source: Bloomberg)Read Full Story

Steven Nissen has sparked serious medical debates about the safety and viability of both Vioxx and Avandia -- two of the hottest medical debates of the year. Time magazine has named him as one of the most influential people of the year, Here's a brief excerpt and link to the main Time article. Linked from http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595329_1616143,00.html --- Nissen, 58, a heart specialist at the Cleveland Clinic, started his climb to...Read Full Story

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Nissen, chairman of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic, talks with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu and Peter Cook about a Senate report that said GlaxoSmithKline Plc knew the diabetes medicine Avandia may cause heart attacks several years before a study, authored by Nissen, documented the risk. The Senate report, by Senators Max Baucus and Charles Grassley, said the company pressed doctors doctors to retract warnings about side effects.(Source: Bloomberg)Read Full Story

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