NY subpoenas Merck and Schering-Plough over Vytorin

Trust 'em or rely on fitness.

"New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed Merck & Co and Schering-Plough Corp for documents and information to see whether the companies hid the results of a study on their cholesterol drug Vytorin.

The move, announced on Saturday, came one day after U.S. regulators said they would review the study, called Enhance, which showed Vytorin worked no better than a generic in preventing the build-up of arterial plaque."

I recommend opting for the latter.

"'We will investigate and, when appropriate, hold accountable drug companies for engaging in irresponsible and deceptive conduct and any deceitful marketing of prescription drugs,' Cuomo said in a statement on Saturday."

As if this is their only "irresponsible and deceptive conduct."