Court overturns Vioxx verdict
SAN ANTONIO, May 16 (UPI) – The Texas Fourth Court of Appeals overturned a $7.75 million verdict against Merck & Co. in a lawsuit over the heart risk of the painkiller Vioxx.
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May 16, 2008
MPs slam pharmaceutical regulation
As the worldwide withdrawal of arthritis drug Vioxx, highlighted significant failings in the system, according by the withdrawal of Merck's Vioxx, after it was linked to increased
Fight over Vioxx set to enter federal arena
HOUSTON· With Merck & Co. now 1-and-1 in state lawsuits over its Vioxx painkiller, the world's No. 5 drug maker may face higher stakes later this month in the first federal trial of charges that it knowingly rushed a potentially lethal drug to market to pocket billions in profits.
Coroner's opinion may bolster plaintiff's case in Vioxx trial
ANGLETON, Texas -- The pathologist who performed the 2001 autopsy of a Texas man at the center of the nation's first Vioxx-related civil trial may give testimony that could pose a challenge for the drug's maker, New Jersey-based Merck & Co. Read more here