...He may have served as a lieutenant in the US Army in the early 1970s, but he appears uncomfortable...following a series of missed targets, litigation over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx...the limelight, working for 30 years in the mundane area of drug manufacturing...change is essential. “What we’re trying to do is regain our leadership...Meanwhile, it has scrambled to find new products to make up for the patent expiry in...big earner, the osteoporosis drug Fosamax. Vioxx, too, has been a huge setback...representing billions of dollars inliability, over the blockbuster drug that it...By Christopher Bowe