Court hears sides in Vioxx investor suit
Lawyers for Merck & Co. told the Supreme Court on Monday that 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.
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Merck: Vioxx Consultant Report May Be Misunderstanding
The report that a Texas lawyer leading many Vioxx lawsuits was courting a prominent cardiologist and major plaintiff witness in the first federal Vioxx case may have been a misunderstanding, the Merck & Co. spokesman who had made the statement said Thursday.
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Merck Hit With Suit Over Vioxx
Attorney General Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg filed a joint lawsuit yesterday against the maker of the painkiller Vioxx for allegedly withholding information about cardiovascular risks associated with the drug. The civil suit, filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, accuses Merck & Co. Inc. of deliberately misrepresenting Vioxx, which Merck removed from the market in 2004 after a study showed
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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
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