Merck wants earlier ruling on Vioxx thrown out
Lawyers for Merck & Co have told the US Supreme Court that investors shouldn’t have waited so long to sue the drug maker over warnings about the risks of its painkiller Vioxx.

Lawyers for Merck & Co have told the US Supreme Court that investors shouldn’t have waited so long to sue the drug maker over warnings about the risks of its painkiller Vioxx.
Merck notches a win in a Vioxx case
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Merck & Co., maker of the Vioxx painkiller, won a second trial filed after a Florida man who had taken Vioxx died. More...Merck faces retrial, grieving sister in Vioxx trial
Merck & Co. faces a woman who blames its withdrawn pain drug Vioxx for her brother's death and the retrial of a case it had previously won in a product liability trial set to begin in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Monday.
Vioxx trials to focus on long-term users
The New Jersey judge overseeing 3,500 Vioxx-related lawsuits in the company's home state, told lawyers earlier this week she wants the next 10 or so trials in her court to involve plaintiffs who took the drug for at least eighteen months, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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