Lawyers for Merck told the Supreme Court Monday investors waited too late and didn’t do all of the necessary investigations to sue the drugmaker over whether it properly warned about the risks of its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx.
Consumers Are Looking Past Commercials to Study Prescription Drugs
When Merck announced that it would stop selling Vioxx, its widely advertised arthritis and pain medication that was
Vioxx did not kill Texan, Baylor pathologist says
Aug 09, 2005: ANGLETON, Texas - The head pathologist at Baylor College of Medicine told jurors Monday in the nation's first Vioxx-related civil trial the once-popular painkiller could not have caused a Texas man's death and that clogged arteries made him a "walking time bomb."
Merck says some Vioxx suits could be settled
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.
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