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Study: Vioxx risk lingered after use of painkiller

AP — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:01:51 +0000

A doubled risk of heart attack, stroke and death persisted at least a year after people stopped taking withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, according to an analysis of long-term data from the study that led drugmaker Merck & Co. to stop selling the...

Florida sues Merck to recover money spent on Vioxx

AP — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:14:25 +0000

Florida has joined eight other states in suing drugmaker Merck & Co. over what the state alleges was deceptive marketing of its former prescription painkiller...

U.S Vioxx arthritis patients receive andpound;2.4

Mandira S — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:14:24 +0000

Very soon the pharmaceuticals giant Merck will become £2billion poor, as the company has to pay same amount to the 150 Americans consumers because of its painkiller Vioxx which had proven to caused heart attacks and strokes in thousands of...

First payments in Vioxx deal to begin Aug. 28

AP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:56:31 +0000

Partial payments for people claiming withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks will go out starting Aug. 28 under the $4.85 billion settlement between drugmaker Merck & Co. and plaintiffs’ lawyers, the claims administrator said...

Researchers: Merck Vioxx study was for marketing

AP — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:16:19 +0000

A 1999 Merck & Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, touted to participating doctors and patients as meant to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth marketing strategy,...

Merck to start Vioxx settlement payouts in August

AP — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:25:06 +0000

Merck & Co. will start cutting checks for former users of its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx next month after announcing Thursday that it will fund a $4.85 billion settlement expected to resolve roughly 50,000 lawsuits.The decision marks the...

Merck to fund Vioxx settlement in August

AP — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:07:37 +0000

Merck says it will fund the $4.85 billion settlement designed to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits related to its Vioxx painkiller, waiving its right to walk away from the settlement deal.Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based Merck & Co. says it...

Court limits Merck monitoring in Vioxx case

AP — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:50:14 +0000

Drugmaker Merck & Co. is not liable for the medical monitoring of Vioxx users not claiming injury, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.The 5-1 ruling by the state’s highest court means a class-action lawsuit by people who used...

NJ, Texas courts scrap awards from Vioxx cases

AP — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:34:56 +0000

Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas have scrapped verdicts against drugmaker Merck stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx.A Texas court scrapped a $26 million verdict against the drugmaker stemming...

Texas court scraps $26M verdict in Vioxx case

AP — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:11:16 +0000

A Texas appeals court has scrapped a $26 million verdict against the drugmaker Merck stemming from the first trial involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx.The court found no evidence that Robert Ernst suffered a fatal heart problem from a blood...