Merck & Co said on Thursday that more than 97 percent of eligible U.S. claimants had elected to participate in its $4.85 billion proposed Vioxx settlement, an adequate number to trigger funding of the program.
Another Vioxx trial to begin Monday in Atlantic City
A jury of five women and five men was selected Friday in Atlantic City for the seventh trial against drugmaker Merck & Co. over its withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx.
Vioxx trial: Merck exec grilled on neutralize tactics
ATLANTIC CITY (AP) -- A Merck & Co. marketing executive defended the company's monitoring of physicians who spoke out against its painkiller Vioxx today, denying any campaign existed to intimidate doctors. More...Merck drops some objections to Vioxx plaintiff lawyers' request
NEW YORK - Merck & Co. agreed to drop some of its objections to plaintiff lawyers' request for fees in a Vioxx case, but only if it doesn't have to disclose its own legal fees to a judge.
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