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Fri 05 May 2007Expert to give inquest evidence on arthritis drugAn expert from the Irish Medicines Board is to be called to give evidence at an inquest on a widely used arthritis drug after two doctors testified yesterday that they believed it caused a woman's death through liver failure.Cork city coroner Dr Myra Cullinane said she wanted to hear the views of the Irish Medicines Board on Nimesulide, which is sold under brand names Aulin and Mesulid, after it was claimed the drug had resulted in the deaths of six patients in Ireland.