NEW YORK - Merck & Co. might consider settling some lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx, whose links to heart trouble have spawned thousands of lawsuits and a $253 million jury verdict, a spokesman for the company’s legal team said Friday.
Governor Daniels Called for Depositions in Federal Vioxx Cases
Associated Press - July 25, 2007 6:14 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Governors Mitch Daniels of Indiana and Haley Barbour of Mississippi are being subpoenaed by lawyers for people who blame heart
Heart attack victim files suit against Vioxx's maker
A man who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller Vioxx sued its manufacturer Tuesday in federal court in Denver. Art Kleinstein, a 58-year-old real estate developer in Denver, suffered a "catastrophic" heart attack last June after being prescribed Vioxx for pain from hip surgery.
BY Staff Reporter Several lawsuits against the pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. have stalled in federal court in Mobile, and judges have transferred pretrial proceedings related to the painkiller Vioxx to New Orleans. notes were present in the Vioxx cases generally, thereby warranting coordinated pretrial
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