Merck’s deadly Vioxx playbook, redux: a debunked smear campaign against its competing drug—the FDA-approved, Nobel prize-honored ivermectin

Scheim, D., TrialsSite News, Sep 2021

Ivermectin for COVID-19

4th treatment shown to reduce risk in August 2020, now with p < 0.0000000001 from 106 studies, recognized in 24 countries.

No treatment is 100% effective.
Protocols combine treatments.

Discussion of Merck's ivermectin statements and past actions related to Vioxx raising significant concerns.
Scheim et al., 7 Sep 2021, preprint, 1 author.