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	<title>Vioxx Advisor</title>
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		<title>Vioxx settlement checks going out Aug. 28</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Partial payments for people claiming withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks will go out starting Aug. 28 under the $4.85 billion settlement between drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. and plaintiffs' lawyers, the claims administrator said today. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx checks set to go out</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Partial payments for people claiming withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks will go out starting Aug. 28 under the $4.85 billion settlement between drug maker Merck and plaintiffs' lawyers, the claims administrator said Wednesday. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>First payments of Vioxx claims to begin Aug. 28</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>TRENTON - Partial payments for people claiming the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks will go out starting Aug. 28 under the $4.85 billion settlement between drug maker Merck &amp;#038; Co. and plaintiffs' lawyers, the claims administrator said Wednesday. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx plaintiffs&#8217; checks in the mail soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Partial payments for people claiming the painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks will go out starting Aug. 28 under the $4.85 billion settlement between drugmaker Merck and plaintiffs' lawyers, the claims administrator said yesterday. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>First partial payments to nearly 50,000 who claimed Vioxx caused heart attacks start going out next week</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Partial payments for people claiming withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks will go out starting Aug. 28 under the $4.85 billion settlement between drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. and plaintiffs' lawyers, the claims administrator said today. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Merck set to pay first Vioxx settlements</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4476.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Starting Aug. 28, the Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based drugmaker will send the first round of checks to claimants who charged its drug Vioxx caused heart attacks and strokes. Nearly 50,000 claims have been filed. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Payments in Vioxx deal to begin Aug. 28</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>TRENTON - Partial payments for people claiming that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks will go out starting Aug. 28 under the $4.85 billion settlement between drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. and plaintiffs' lawyers, the claims administrator said today. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>First payments in Vioxx deal to begin Aug. 28</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4474.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Partial payments for people claiming withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks will go out starting Aug. 28 under the $4.85 billion settlement between drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. and plaintiffs' lawyers, the claims administrator said Wednesday. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Researchers say Vioxx study was marketing ploy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>TRENTON, N.J. — A 1999 Merck &amp;#038; Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, touted to participating doctors and patients as meant to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth marketing strategy, researchers report. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Marketing ploy seen in Merck&#8217;s Vioxx data</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4472.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>The latest twist in Merck's ongoing troubles from its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx took another painful turn Monday for the drugmaker.                              Click ...</description>
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		<title>Vioxx study a masquerade, journal says</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Report cites Merck memos on painkiller    Merck &amp;#038; Co.'s marketing department devised a study on the painkiller Vioxx to persuade 600 doctors involved in the trial to prescribe the drug and recommend it to their peers, researchers said.          ...</description>
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		<title>Merck Vioxx test comes under fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co.'s marketing department devised a study on the painkiller Vioxx to convince 600 doctors involved in the trial to prescribe the drug and recommend it to their peers, researchers say. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Marketing was goal of Vioxx study, doctors say</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4469.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>TRENTON, N.J. – A 1999 Merck Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, touted to participating doctors and patients as showing that Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth marketing strategy, researchers report. More...  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx study was sales ploy, researchers say</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Trenton, N.J. - A 1999 Merck &amp;#038; Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, touted to participating doctors and patients as a way to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth marketing strategy, More...  </description>
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		<title>Doctors allegedly recruited for Vioxx study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co.'s marketing department devised a study on the painkiller Vioxx to persuade 600 doctors involved in the trial to prescribe the drug and recommend it to their peers, researchers say.  Read more here  </description>
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		<title>1999 study was meant to build Vioxx sales, report says</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>A 1999 Merck &amp;#038; Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx was primarily a stealth marketing strategy, researchers report. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx study called marketing ploy</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4467.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>TRENTON, N.J. . A 1999 Merck . Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx . touted to participating doctors and patients as meant to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug . was primarily a stealth marketing strategy, researchers report.     The true purpose ...</description>
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		<title>Merck Vioxx study was aimed at marketing: report</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4461.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>A 1999 clinical study that Merck &amp;#038; Co Inc said was done to test side effects of painkiller Vioxx was conducted primarily to support a marketing campaign before the drug's launch, The Wall Street Journal said, citing a study. More...  </description>
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		<title>Merck Vioxx Trial Was Strategy to Boost Sales, Researchers Say</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4462.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- A Merck &amp;#038; Co. study of Vioxx that the company said showed whether the painkiller was easier on the stomach than an older drug was actually a marketing tool to boost sales, according to researchers. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx saga&#8217;s latest find</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4463.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>A 1999 Merck study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, presented to participating doctors and patients as a trial designed to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth marketing strategy, researchers report. More...  </description>
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		<title>Researchers: Vioxx study a strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4464.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A 1999 Merck &amp;#038; Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, meant to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth marketing strategy, researchers report.   Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Merck faces another round of criticism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>For the third time in three years, a prominent medical journal has criticized Merck &amp;#038; Co. for misrepresenting research on its now-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Researchers: Merck Vioxx study was for marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>A 1999 Merck &amp;#038; Co. study of its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, touted to participating doctors and patients as meant to show whether Vioxx caused fewer stomach problems than another drug, was primarily a stealth marketing strategy, researchers report. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Ask the Experts: Vioxx award raises tax, Medicaid issues</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4458.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Our weekly wrap-up of our online "Ask the Experts" questions looks at tax answers from IRS expert Kathy Howell and estate issues from trust attorney Trudy Nearn.        Trudy Nearn The founder of Generations law firm is an expert on wills, trusts and estate ...</description>
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		<title>Vioxx, Bextra linked to increased stroke risk: study</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4457.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Two painkillers pulled from the market in recent years -- Vioxx (also known as rofecoxib) and Bextra (also known as valdecoxib) - increase the risk of stroke, new research indicates. More...  </description>
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		<title>Fatal flaws in the way new drugs are tested and marketed</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4456.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Americans are likely to be exposed to unacceptable side effects of FDA-approved drugs such as Vioxx in the future because of fatal flaws in the way new drugs are tested and marketed, according to research to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA). More...  </description>
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		<title>Toxic drugs, toxic system: Sociologist predicts drug disasters</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4455.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>BOSTON — Americans are likely to be exposed to unacceptable side effects of FDA-approved drugs such as Vioxx in the future because of fatal flaws in the way new drugs are tested and marketed, according to research to be presented today at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association ...</description>
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		<title>Ontario Court Certifies VIOXX National Class Action</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4454.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Justice Maurice Cullity of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered that an action relating to the prescription drug VIOXX be certified as a national class action excluding residents of Quebec and Saskatchewan. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Merck faces Canadian class-action Vioxx case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>A Canadian court has certified another class-action lawsuit against Merck &amp;#038; Co. over its former painkiller Vioxx, for which the U.S. drug maker is doling out billions of dollars to cover American settlements. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>New Suits Over Recalled Drugs May Target China</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4452.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Plaintiffs attorneys say a recent surge in lawsuits involving two recalled drugs, generic blood thinner heparin and prescription medication Digitek, could signal a clean break from past actions that were far less successful against Vioxx and Paxil. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx report hits at Merck</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck , the US pharmaceuticals group, played down the risks of taking its painkiller Vioxx in reports in academic journals and early submissions to regulators, according to a study to be published on Wednesday. More...  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx payouts to start in August for heart attack patients</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4450.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4450.html</guid>
		<description>People who suffered heart attacks while taking Vioxx could receive a partial settlement check as early as next month. Merck &amp;#038; Co., the maker of Vioxx, said more than 97 percent of nearly 50,000 claimants agreed to terms of the $4.85 billion settlement announced last fall. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Merck Starts Cutting Checks in Vioxx Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4449.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4449.html</guid>
		<description>Alabama Attorney Jere Beasley Helped Bring Settlement for People who Took Vioxx   Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck ready to pay $4.9 billion Vioxx settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4447.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4447.html</guid>
		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co. will start cutting checks for former users of its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx next month after announcing it will fund a $4.9 billion settlement expected to resolve 50,000 lawsuits.         Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx maker will start sending payouts in Aug.</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4448.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4448.html</guid>
		<description>TRENTON, N.J. -- Merck &amp;#038; Co.'s $4.85 billion fund to settle legal claims over the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx will begin making payments next month to former users or surviving family members who say the drug caused heart attacks or strokes. Merck will contribute its first installment of $500 million into ...</description>
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		<title>Payouts to start in Vioxx settlements</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4446.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4446.html</guid>
		<description>Merck will begin making payouts next month to consumers who agreed to settle lawsuits over injuries they claim were caused by using the pain-relief drug Vioxx. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>$4.85 billion set for Vioxx payouts</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4445.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4445.html</guid>
		<description>Merck will start cutting checks for former users of its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx next month after announcing Thursday it will fund a $4.85 billion settlement expected to resolve roughly 50,000 lawsuits.                    ...</description>
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		<title>First Vioxx settlement checks to go out in August</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4444.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4444.html</guid>
		<description>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ Merck &amp;#038; Co. will start cutting checks for former users of its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx next month after announcing Thursday that it will fund a $4.85 billion settlement expected to resolve roughly 50,000 lawsuits.             ...</description>
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		<title>Merck will start payouts on $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement, send first checks in August</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4443.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4443.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4443.html</guid>
		<description>TRENTON, N.J. - Drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. will start cutting checks for former users of its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx next month, after announcing Thursday that it will fund a $4.85 billion settlement expected to resolve roughly 50,000 lawsuits alleging harm from Vioxx. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck to start Vioxx settlement payouts in August</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4442.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4442.html</guid>
		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co. will start cutting checks for former users of its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx next month after announcing Thursday that it will fund a $4.85 billion settlement expected to resolve roughly 50,000 lawsuits. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Merck: Vioxx settlement payments to begin in August</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4441.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4441.html</guid>
		<description>Merck says it will fund the $4.85 billion settlement designed to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits related to its Vioxx painkiller, waiving its right to walk away from the settlement deal. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Merck says Vioxx claimants will soon get checks</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4440.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4440.html</guid>
		<description>Merck &amp;#038; 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. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Merck to fund Vioxx settlement in August</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4439.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4439.html</guid>
		<description>Associated Press - July 17, 2008 8:34 AM ET   WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) - Merck says it will fund the $4.85 billion settlement designed to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits related to its  Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Lawyer&#8217;s Legal Work for N.J. Justice Bounces Firm From Vioxx Case</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4438.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4438.html</guid>
		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co. has dropped Lowenstein Sandler from its appeal of a $13.5 million Vioxx case to prevent recusal of a potentially pro-company New Jersey Supreme Court justice who the firm represents in a private matter. Lowenstein partner Douglas Eakeley won't argue for Merck at the state high court because ...</description>
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		<title>FDA slowing drugs getting to market</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4437.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4437.html</guid>
		<description>Nearly four years after Merck &amp;#038; Co. yanked the painkiller Vioxx off the market, beleaguered pharmaceutical industry executives say they are facing a tough new regulatory climate that is altering the landscape of drug development. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>FDA focus on safety slows drug approval</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4436.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4436.html</guid>
		<description>Nearly four years after Merck &amp;#038; Co. yanked the painkiller Vioxx off the market, beleaguered pharmaceutical-industry executives say they are facing a tough new regulatory climate that is altering the landscape of drug development. Over the past 16 months, Schering-Plough Corp. Chief Executive Fred Hassan and his top scientists have ...</description>
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		<title>NEW ORLEANS 59,000 register for Vioxx settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4435.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4435.html</guid>
		<description>More than 59,000 people have registered claims against drugmaker Merck &amp;amp; Co. for injury from painkiller Vioxx, and administrators have enough records to review about 9,100 of those claims. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Some 59,000 register for Vioxx settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4433.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4433.html</guid>
		<description>More than 59,000 people have registered claims against Readington-based drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. for injury from painkiller Vioxx, and administrators have enough records to review about 9,100 of those claims. More...  </description>
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		<title>QUICK HIT: Business</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4434.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4434.html</guid>
		<description>VIOXX CLAIMS: More than 59,000 people have registered claims in the $4.85-billion settlement against drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. for injuries from its painkiller Vioxx. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Thousands register for settlement of Vioxx lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4431.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4431.html</guid>
		<description>Lawyers say more than 59,000 people have registered for drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co.'s settlement of lawsuits claiming injury from the painkiller Vioxx. Administrators have enough records to review about 9,100 of those claims. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>More than 59,000 register for Vioxx settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4432.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4432.html</guid>
		<description>NEW ORLEANS -- More than 59,000 people hope to share in drugmaker Merck and Co.'s settlement of lawsuits claiming injury from the painkiller Vioxx, and administrators have enough  Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx claim strangled by system&#8217;s limits</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4430.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4430.html</guid>
		<description>Malcolm MacMeikan, a kitchen and refrigeration consultant, first realised something was wrong when he had a panic attack during a building site visit at Canary Wharf. More...  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx claim choked by system limits</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4429.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4429.html</guid>
		<description>Malcolm MacMeikan, a kitchen and refrigeration consultant, first realised something was wrong when he had a panic attack during a building site visit at Canary Wharf. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Biz Buzz: Is it hot in here, or is it just a climate-law blog? Lawyers are prodigious bloggers, posting on the &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4428.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4428.html</guid>
		<description>Biz Buzz: Is it hot in here, or is it just a climate-law blog? Lawyers are prodigious bloggers, posting on the progress of Vioxx litigation, shareholder suits and the vagaries of divorce law. So it was only a matter of time before they got to global warming. Link to original ...</description>
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		<title>Vioxx users who suffered no injury cannot sue the company, US court</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4427.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4427.html</guid>
		<description>The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Vioxx users who suffered no known personal injury could not sue the company to pay for electrocardiograms and follow-up consultations with cardiologists. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck scores victory in three Vioxx appeals</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4426.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4426.html</guid>
		<description>Appeals courts in two US states last week overturned verdicts favouring plaintiffs who had sued Merck, the pharmaceutical giant, over its painkiller Vioxx (rofecoxib). The drug was taken off the market in 2004 after a study showed it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Link to original article ...</description>
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		<title>N.J. court rules against Vioxx monitoring</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4424.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4424.html</guid>
		<description>TRENTON, N.J., June 4 (UPI) -- The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday Merck is not obligated to pay for the medical monitoring of people who took Vioxx. More...  </description>
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		<title>NJ court dismisses Vioxx medical monitoring suit</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4425.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4425.html</guid>
		<description>The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Vioxx users who suffered no known harm from the withdrawn pain drug cannot sue Merck &amp;#038; Co Inc to pay for medical tests and treatment by heart doctors, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>N.J. court dismisses Vioxx medical monitoring suit</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4422.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4422.html</guid>
		<description>The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Vioxx users who suffered no known harm from the withdrawn pain drug cannot sue Merck &amp;#038; Co Inc to pay for medical tests and treatment by heart doctors, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Court limits Merck monitoring in Vioxx case</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4420.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4420.html</guid>
		<description>Drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. is not liable for the medical monitoring of Vioxx users not claiming injury, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The 5-1 ruling by the state's highest court means a class-action lawsuit by people who used the once-popular         ...</description>
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		<title>Merck wins; court denies suit from healthy Vioxx users</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4421.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4421.html</guid>
		<description>The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Merck is not liable for the medical monitoring of Vioxx users not claiming injury. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Merck Gains In Supreme Court Vioxx Ruling</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4423.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4423.html</guid>
		<description>A ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court dismisses a class-action lawsuit by people who used Vioxx. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>New Jersey Supreme Court Dismisses Medical Monitoring Suit Filed by VIOXX&#174; Plaintiffs</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4415.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<title>Court: Merck doesn&#8217;t have to monitor Vioxx users not claiming injury</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4416.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The New Jersey Supreme Courts has ruled that Merck is not liable for the medical monitoring of Vioxx users not claiming injury. The 5-1 ruling means a class-action lawsuit by people who used the once-popular painkiller will be dismissed. One justice did not participate. More...  </description>
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		<title>Merck need not monitor Vioxx users not claiming injury</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4417.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>NEWARK — The New Jersey Supreme Courts rules Merck is not liable for the medical monitoring of Vioxx users not claiming injury. The 5-1 ruling means a class-action lawsuit by people who used the once-popular painkiller will be dismissed. One justice did not participate. The court says the users are ...</description>
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		<title>NJ Supreme Court Rules For Merck In Vioxx Case</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4418.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>The New Jersey Supreme Courts rules Merck is not liable for the medical monitoring of Vioxx users not claiming injury. The 5-1 ruling means a class-action lawsuit by people who used the once-popular painkiller will be dismissed. One justice did not participate. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>State Supreme Court rules Vioxx users who weren&#8217;t injured can&#8217;t claim settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4419.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Readington-based Merck &amp;#038; Co. is not liable for the medical monitoring of Vioxx users not claiming injury. More...  </description>
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		<title>Crusading Law Firm Doubles Presence in Macklowe&#8217;s Tower 56</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4414.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Mark Lanier, the 47-year-old attorney who litigated his way to CNBC fame by taking on Merck’s dreaded Vioxx, and who’s now representing sugar-cane farmers in their suit against Splenda, is doubling the size of his footprint in   Harry Macklowe  ’s   Tower 56  .  ...</description>
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		<title>Appeals court decisions in Vioxx lawsuits indicate &#8217;sanity still exists&#8217; in legal system, editorial states</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4413.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>State appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas last week "delivered a one-two punch to the liability suits against Merck for its Vioxx painkiller," an indication that "some sanity still exists in the tort system -- at least at the appellate level," according to a Wall Street Journal editorial. More... ...</description>
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		<title>Merck gets reprieve in Vioxx case</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4412.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co., Inc. said that it is gratified that a Texas appeals court overturned the August 2005 verdict of a state court jury in Brazoria County and rendered a judgment in favour of Merck in the Vioxx product liability case Ernst v. Merck. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck unit to appeal Canadian court ruling expanding Vioxx class action</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4411.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 03:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Merck &amp;#038; Co.'s Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. late Friday said it planned to appeal a ruling by a Canadian court expanding the scope of the previously certified class-action lawsuit over its recalled painkiller Vioxx. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>(AFX UK Focus) 2008-05-31 00:02 Merck unit to appeal Canadian court ruling expanding Vioxx class action</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4410.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 01:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Merck &amp;#038; Co.'s Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. late Friday said it planned to appeal a ruling by a Canadian court expanding the scope of the previously certified class-action lawsuit over its recalled painkiller Vioxx. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Appeals courts overturn two verdicts, judgment on award payment in Vioxx lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4409.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 21:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>State appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas on Thursday reversed two jury verdicts and a judgment on payment of legal fees in lawsuits related to the COX-2 inhibitor Vioxx that would have required Merck to pay about $37 million, Bloomberg/Washington Post reports (Van Voris/Voreacos, Bloomberg/Washington Post, 5/30). Link to ...</description>
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		<title>2 Vioxx verdicts scrapped on appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4408.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4408.html</guid>
		<description>NEWARK, N.J. - Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas yesterday scrapped verdicts against drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. Inc. stemming from some of the earliest trials involving the company's now withdrawn pain reliever Vioxx. More...  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx awards overturned</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4404.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck's persistence may be paying off. Appeals courts in Texas and New Jersey handed the drugmaker a series of victories in three Vioxx lawsuits yesterday, overturning an entire verdict in Texas and reversing key components of two New Jersey cases. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Courts Reject Two Major Vioxx Verdicts</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4405.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>The major victories for Merck pushed the litigation over Vioxx closer to conclusion and highlighted the difficulty that plaintiffs’ lawyers are having in winning lawsuits against big drug companies. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Houston court tosses out $26 million Vioxx award</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4406.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>A Houston appellate court Thursday overturned a $26 million Angleton jury finding that a 59-year-old triathlete died because of his use of the popular painkiller Vioxx.         Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck wins 2 Vioxx appeals</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4407.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4407.html</guid>
		<description>NEWARK — Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas on Thursday scrapped verdicts against the drug maker Merck &amp;#038; Co. Inc. stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx. More...  </description>
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		<title>Courts toss Vioxx awards</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4403.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 05:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>HOUSTON, May 29 (UPI) -- A Texas appellate court Thursday rejected a $26.1 million award given to a woman for the death of her husband who was on the once-popular pain reliever Vioxx. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Houston court rejects Vioxx-death link, $26.1 million award</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4401.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 03:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>A Houston appellate court today overturned a multimillion-dollar 2005 Angleton jury finding that a 59-year-old triathlete died because of his use of the painkiller Vioxx.         Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Plaintiffs Lawyer Lanier to Appeal Vioxx Reversal</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4402.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 03:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>W. Mark Lanier, the Houston plaintiffs lawyer who won a $234.4 million jury verdict in the nation's first Vioxx trial, isn't mincing words; he calls Thursday's Texas appeals court opinion reversing a $26.1 million judgment in that suit "judicial activism for corporate America." Lanier says he will appeal the Texas ...</description>
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		<title>Courts Overturn 2 Vioxx Verdicts Against Merck</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4400.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4400.html</guid>
		<description>The major victories for Merck pushed the litigation over Vioxx closer to conclusion and highlighted the difficulty that plaintiffs’ lawyers are having in winning lawsuits against big drug companies. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Appeals court finds for Merck in Texas Vioxx case</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4398.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 21:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- A Texas appeals court has overturned what had initially been a staggering award against Merck &amp;#038; Co. over the marketing of its now-recalled painkiller Vioxx.                       ...</description>
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		<title>Merck wins Vioxx cases on appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4399.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 21:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4399.html</guid>
		<description>Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas have scrapped verdicts against drugmaker Merck stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Appeals courts back Merck in Vioxx cases</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4393.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4393.html</guid>
		<description>Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas on Thursday scrapped verdicts against the drugmaker Merck stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Court rejects Vioxx verdicts against Merck</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4394.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4394.html</guid>
		<description>A Texas appeals court reversed a $26.1 million decision against Merck, finding that its Vioxx painkiller did not cause the fatal heart attack suffered by a plaintiff's husband. More...  </description>
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		<title>Texas court drops $26-million verdict from Vioxx case</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4395.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4395.html</guid>
		<description>NEWARK, N.J. — A Texas appeals court has scrapped a $26-million verdict against the drugmaker Merck stemming from the first trial involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Texas Court Throws Out $26M Vioxx Verdict</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4396.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4396.html</guid>
		<description>A Texas appeals court throws out a $26 million verdict against the drugmaker Merck in a case involving Vioxx. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx verdicts tossed out in Texas, New Jersey</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4397.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4397.html</guid>
		<description>Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas today scrapped verdicts against the drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. Inc. stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx.         Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Texas, New Jersey courts scrap awards from Vioxx cases</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4390.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4390.html</guid>
		<description>NEWARK, N.J. - Appeals courts in Texas and New Jersey on Thursday scrapped verdicts against the drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. Inc. stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Courts Reject 2 Vioxx Verdicts Against Merck</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4391.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4391.html</guid>
		<description>Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas have scrapped verdicts against the drugmaker Merck stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its painkiller Vioxx. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Courts scrap Vioxx cases, including $26 million Texas verdict</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4392.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4392.html</guid>
		<description>Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas on Thursday scrapped verdicts against the drugmaker Merck &amp;#038; Co. Inc. stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx, including one in Keene. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Merck Liable In Death Of Vioxx User</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4385.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 15:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4385.html</guid>
		<description>A South Texas jury found Merck &amp;#038; Co. liable for the death of a 71-year-old man and ordered the company to pay $32 million. More...  </description>
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		<title>Texas court scraps $26 million verdict in Vioxx case</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4388.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 15:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Associated Press - May 29, 2008 10:23 AM ET   NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A Texas appeals court has scrapped a $26 million verdict against the drugmaker Merck stemming from the first trial involving its  Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Court scraps $26-million Vioxx verdict</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4389.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 15:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4389.html</guid>
		<description>Texas appeals court's decision stems from first trial involving Merck's once popular painkiller                    Read more here  </description>
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		<title>NJ, Texas courts scrap awards from Vioxx cases</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4386.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4386.html</guid>
		<description>Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas have scrapped verdicts against drugmaker Merck stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Merck says wins appeal on first Vioxx case</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4387.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4387.html</guid>
		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co said on Thursday a Texas appeals court reversed a decision against the company in the first trial involving alleged injuries caused by its withdrawn Vioxx painkiller. More...  </description>
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		<title>Northridge man loses Vioxx case</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4384.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 23:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4384.html</guid>
		<description>A California jury on Wednesday cleared pharmaceutical company Merck &amp;#038; Co. of liability in the case of an elderly Northridge man who claimed his heart ailments were caused by the drug maker's once-popular painkiller Vioxx. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Top Scoops</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4383.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4383.html</guid>
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		<title>Newswatch, Police/Fire</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4382.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 13:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4382.html</guid>
		<description>Hawaii's share of a $58 million multistate settlement with Vioxx drug maker Merck &amp;#038; Co. is $1.1 million, said state Office of Consumer Protection Executive Director Stephen Levins. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck to settle Vioxx cases in US</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4381.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 05:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4381.html</guid>
		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co., Inc. has reached civil settlements with Attorneys General from 29 states and the District of Columbia to fully resolve previously disclosed investigations under state consumer protection laws related to past activities for Vioxx. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>S.D. to get $1 million in Vioxx settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4380.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4380.html</guid>
		<description>Pierre - South Dakota will receive a little more than $1 million from a 30-state legal settlement with Merck and Co., Attorney General Larry Long said Wednesday. South Dakota and 29 other states went to court against the drug giant because of concerns about deceptive promotion of the painkiller Vioxx. ...</description>
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		<title>Merck settles Vioxx probe</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4379.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 07:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4379.html</guid>
		<description>Drug giant Merck has agreed to pay Connecticut $1.35 million for deceptive marketing of its once popular painkilling drug Vioxx as part of a national $58 million settlement between Merck, 29 states, and the District of Columbia. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Texas wins $4 million in Vioxx settlement from Merck</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4378.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 01:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4378.html</guid>
		<description>Texas and 28 other states will share a $58 million payment from pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp;#038; Co., which resolves longstanding claims that the company downplayed risks related to Vioxx, an anti-inflammatory drug that was linked to thousands of heart attack deaths. (MRK) Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Idaho gets share of $58 million Vioxx settlement with Merck</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4376.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 17:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4376.html</guid>
		<description>Deceptive promotion of the drug Vioxx is costing drug company Merck $58 million in a judgment with 30 states, including $1.15 million that's going to Idaho. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>State to share in Vioxx accord</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4377.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 17:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4377.html</guid>
		<description>Merck to pay out $58 million over television ads    Merck &amp;#038; Co. has agreed to pay $58 million to multiple states, including Maryland, to settle allegations that its ads for the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks.        ...</description>
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		<title>N.J. to get $1.8M from Vioxx ad settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4374.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4374.html</guid>
		<description>New Jersey will receive $1.8 million as part of the $58 million Merck &amp;#038; Co. agreed to pay as a portion of a multistate settlement of allegations that its ads for the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx ads that misled cost Merck $58 million</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4375.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4375.html</guid>
		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co. has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement of allegations that its ads for the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks.The agreement announced Tuesday also calls for Merck to submit all new TV commercials for its drugs to the Food ...</description>
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		<title>Merck settles over Vioxx ads</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4372.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4372.html</guid>
		<description>HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Merck &amp;#038; Co. has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement of allegations that its ads for the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down risks. The agreement announced yesterday also calls for Merck to submit all new TV commercials for its drugs to ...</description>
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		<title>Vioxx settlement puts focus on drug ad claims</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4373.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4373.html</guid>
		<description>Efforts to bring more scrutiny to drug research and promotion got a boost Tuesday when Merck settled claims from 29 states and the District of Columbia that it misled consumers in advertisements for its painkiller Vioxx. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Merck pays $58M in Vioxx ad dispute</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4368.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4368.html</guid>
		<description>HARRISBURG, Pa. - Merck &amp;amp; Co. has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement of allegations that its ads for the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Kansas to get $1.2 million from Merck Vioxx settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4369.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4369.html</guid>
		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co. has agreed to pay $58 million to 29 states, including Kansas, to settle deceptive marketing claims involving Vioxx. More...  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx ad case settled for $58 million</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4370.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4370.html</guid>
		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co. has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement of allegations that its ads for the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks. The agreement announced Tuesday also calls for Merck to submit new TV commercials for its drugs to the Food ...</description>
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		<title>State to get $1.6 million from Vioxx settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4371.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4371.html</guid>
		<description>Washington will receive $1.6 million of a $58 million settlement from Merck &amp;#038; Co. over the marketing of the painkiller Vioxx. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck settles allegations of dubious Vioxx studies</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4367.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4367.html</guid>
		<description>Merck agreed yesterday to a $58 million settlement with 29 states and the District of Columbia over advertising for the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Washington to get $1.6 million in Vioxx settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4366.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 01:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4366.html</guid>
		<description>Washington will receive $1.6 million of a $58 million settlement from Merck &amp;#038; Co. over the marketing of the painkiller Vioxx. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck Settles State Suits Over Vioxx for $58 Million</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4364.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 19:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4364.html</guid>
		<description>Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 27 other states and the District of Columbia have reached a $58 million settlement with Merck over allegations that the company used deceptive practices to market the drug Vioxx. It's being called the largest-eversettlement for a multi-state consumer protection drug case. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Merck settles for $58M with Wisconsin, 28 other states over Vioxx ads</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4365.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 19:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4365.html</guid>
		<description>HARRISBURG, Pa. — Merck &amp;#038; Co. is paying $58 million as part of a multistate settlement concerning advertising of the now-withdrawn painkiller, Vioxx.         More...  </description>
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		<title>Merck To Pay $58M In False Vioxx Advertising Claim</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4360.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4360.html</guid>
		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co. is paying $58 million as part of a multistate settlement concerning advertising of the now-withdrawn painkiller, Vioxx, which addresses allegations that the New Jersey-based company deceptively downplayed the drug's health risk. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Merck Agrees To $58M Vioxx Ad Claims Settlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4361.html</guid>
		<description>HARRISBURG, Pa. (NEWS CENTER/AP) -- The civil settlement ends investigations by 29 states, including Maine, into Merck's advertising practices involving Vioxx. More...  </description>
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		<title>Merck Resolves Investigations Under State Consumer Protection Statutes Related to VIOXX</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4362.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<title>Penn. AG: Merck to pay $58M in multi-state settlement over Vioxx advertising</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4363.html</guid>
		<description>SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Merck &amp;#038; Co. will pay $58 million to 29 states and the District of Columbia to settle allegations of deceptive advertising related to its painkiller Vioxx, Pennsylvania's attorney general said Tuesday. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Appeals court throws out $32 million Starr County Vioxx verdict</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>RIO GRANDE CITY -- A state appeals court overturned a Starr County jury's landmark verdict Wednesday against the makers of the painkiller Vioxx. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Court overturns Vioxx verdict</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>SAN ANTONIO, May 16 (UPI) -- The Texas Fourth Court of Appeals overturned a $7.75 million verdict against Merck &amp;#038; Co. in a lawsuit over the heart risk of the painkiller Vioxx. More...  </description>
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		<title>Verdict Reversed In Texas Vioxx Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 19:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4357.html</guid>
		<description>A Texas appeals court has overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against Merck, the former maker of Vioxx. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx-suit award overturned</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4356.html</guid>
		<description>TRENTON, N.J. — A Texas appeals court on Wednesday overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against Merck &amp;#038; Co. in one of the few trials it lost over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. A jury in Rio Grande City, Texas, in April 2006 awarded $32 million to the widow of Leonel Garza,  ...</description>
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		<title>Court overturns verdict in Vioxx case, backs Merck</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 23:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>A Texas appeals court on Wednesday overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against Merck &amp;#038; Co. in a case involving its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Texas appeals court overturns verdict in Vioxx verdict</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 23:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A Texas appeals court today overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against Merck in a case over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck Wins Appeal in VIOXX&#174; Case  </title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4352.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>14/05/2008 19:27:00 Business Wire Merck &amp;#038; Co., Inc. said today a Texas appellate court overturned the April 2006 verdict of a state court jury in Starr County, Texas, in the VIOXX product liability case Garza v. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>$32 million Texas verdict against Merck in Vioxx case reversed</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4353.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A Texas appeals court overturns a verdict that Merck &amp;#038; Co. lost in the Vioxx case. A Texas jury two years ago awarded the widow of 71-year-old Leonel Garza $32 million. That later was cut to about $7.75 million under Texas damage caps. Read more here ...</description>
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		<title>Texas Court Overturns Vioxx Ruling</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4346.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>The case involves a jury award to the widow of a 71-year-old man who had a history of heart disease and died of a heart attack after taking Vioxx briefly. More...  </description>
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		<title>Merck says appeals court overturns verdict in Vioxx case</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4348.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>A Texas appeals court on Wednesday overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against Merck &amp;#038; Co. in a case involving its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Appeals court overturns $7.75 mln Vioxx verdict</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4349.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>An appeals court in Texas overturned a $7.75 million verdict against Merck &amp;#038; Co involving its withdrawn pain drug Vioxx on Wednesday, ruling that evidence presented at trial failed to prove the medicine caused the heart attack suffered by the plaintiff's husband. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>$32M verdict against Merck in Vioxx case reversed</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4350.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>A Texas appeals court has overturned a verdict that Merck &amp;#038; Co. lost in the Vioxx case. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Appeals copurt overturns Vioxx verdict</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4351.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4351.html</guid>
		<description>Readington-based Merck &amp;#038; Co. says a Texas appeals court has overturned a verdict against the drugmaker in a case involving its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>$32 million verdict against Merck in Vioxx case reversed</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4345.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>TRENTON, N.J. -- A Texas appeals court overturns a verdict that Merck and Co. lost in the Vioxx case. A Texas jury two years ago awarded the widow of 71-year-old Leonel  Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Multi-million Vioxx verdict reversed</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4347.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4347.html</guid>
		<description>An appeals court overturned a verdict that Merck &amp;#038; Co. lost in the Vioxx case. More...  </description>
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		<title>Americas Watchdog Wants To Know If Consumers, HMO&#8217;s Or Health Insurance Company&#8217;s Are Tired Of Being Soaked with drugs &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4344.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4344.html</guid>
		<description>Americas Watchdog has just launched a national investigation into seeing if consumers, HMO's, health insurance companies, or health cooperatives were over charged with the drug called Vioxx, Trasylol or any other drugs, when much cheaper alternatives were available. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Merck extends Vioxx settlement date till June 30</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4343.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 07:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co., Inc. said at least 94 per cent of eligible US claimants have elected to participate in its $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement and has extended until June 30 the deadline for registered participants to submit paperwork. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Merck extends deadline for Vioxx settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4342.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 23:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co said on Thursday at least 94 percent of eligible U.S. claimants have elected to participate in its $4.85 billion proposed Vioxx settlement, and the drugmaker extended the deadline for the remainder to join in. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Merck Extends Enrollment Deadline in Program to Resolve U.S. VIOXX&#174; Product Liability Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4341.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co., Inc. said today it has extended to June 30, 2008, the enrollment deadline for U.S. eligible Read more here  </description>
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		<title>MediConnect Global Encourages Vioxx Claimants to Order Medical Records Now</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4340.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<title>Americas Watchdog Want To Know If HMO&#8217;s Or Health Insurance Companies Were Over Charged With Vioxx Use?</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4339.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4339.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4339.html</guid>
		<description>Americas Watchdog has just launched a national investigation into seeing if HMO's, health insurance companies, or health cooperatives were over charged with the drug called Vioxx, when much cheaper alternatives were available. More...  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx safety data manipulated</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4338.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4338.html</guid>
		<description>A Merck’s internal communication talks of the drug being associated with an increased risk of causing deaths Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Ghostwriters for Medical Research Criticized, Reforms Urged</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4337.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4337.html</guid>
		<description>Two new reports involving the painkiller Vioxx raise fresh concerns about how drug companies influence the interpretation and publication of medical research. More...  </description>
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		<title>New York Times examines opposition to proposed off-label promotion guidelines amid allegations of ghostwriting</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4336.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>The New York Times on Saturday examined how a recent report indicating that Merck used "ghostwriters" to produce medical journal articles in support of the COX-2 inhibitor Vioxx "has galvanized opponents to a federal proposal that would relax some restrictions on drug promotion" in the U.S. Link to original article ...</description>
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		<title>Merck profit surges depsite problems facing company</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4335.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>N Maker of Vioxx facing multi-billion-dollar settlement over pain killer also More...  </description>
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		<title>Merck profit spikes on new drugs, partnership</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4334.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4334.html</guid>
		<description>Merck, in the process of settling litigation over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, got hit with some new problems during the first quarter. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Sen. Grassley Sends Letter To Merck Requesting Explanation Of Recent JAMA Reports</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4333.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has sent a letter to Merck Chief Operating Officer Richard Clark requesting the company explain a recent report that found the company used employees or paid consultants rather than the physicians listed as lead authors to write several published studies of the COX-2 inhibitor Vioxx, CQ ...</description>
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		<title>FDA proposal on drug articles under fire</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4332.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4332.html</guid>
		<description>Claims that the pharmaceutical company Merck hired ghostwriters for Vioxx articles has put heat on a U.S. proposal to loosen drug promotion rules. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Business news in brief</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4331.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Aetna Inc., Humana Inc., and more than 40 other providers of health insurance and managed-care plans sued the administrators of Merck &amp;#038; Co.'s $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement fund to determine who will get the money. More...  </description>
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		<title>F.D.A. Plan on Medical Articles Takes More Heat</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4330.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4330.html</guid>
		<description>A report indicating that Merck used ghostwriters to produce articles in support of its drug Vioxx has galvanized opponents to a proposal that would relax some restrictions on drug promotion. More...  </description>
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		<title>Many Vioxx Studies Were Written By Merck Employees, Paid Consultants, According To JAMA Study</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4329.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck employees or paid consultants, rather than the physicians listed as lead authors, wrote several published studies of the COX-2 inhibitor Vioxx, and the company downplayed evidence that the medication tripled risk for death in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to two reports published on Wednesday in the Journal of ...</description>
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		<title>Merck Faces New Questions over Vioxx Risks and Research</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4327.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Pharmaceutical company Merck knew in 2001 that its arthritis drug Vioxx could harm patients and used staffers to "ghostwrite" favorable research on the drug, articles in the Journal of the American Medical Association report. Susan Dentzer examines the charges. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Studies outline Vioxx deception by drugmaker Merck</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4328.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>WASHINGTON - Two teams of researchers with access to thousands of documents gathered in lawsuits over the painkiller Vioxx allege that Merck &amp;#038; Co. waged a campaign of deception to promote its drug, moving slowly to warn of possible hazards while at the same time dressing up in-house research as ...</description>
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		<title>Vital Vioxx Details &#8216;Manipulated&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4326.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Title: Vital Vioxx Details 'Manipulated' Category: Health News Created: 4/16/2008 Last Editorial Review: 4/16/2008 Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Ghostwriters drafted Vioxx studies, journal claims</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4325.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Drugmaker Merck drafted dozens of research studies for its best-selling pain drug Vioxx, then lined up prestigious doctors to put their names on the reports, according to a leading medical journal.  Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Reports raise question on Vioxx trials / Ghostwritten studies trouble medical journal</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4323.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Two new reports involving the painkiller Vioxx raise fresh concerns about how drug companies influence the interpretation and publication of medical research. The reports claim Merck &amp;#038; Co. frequently paid academic scientists to take credit for research              ...</description>
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		<title>Merck &#8216;misrepresented&#8217; Vioxx data</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4324.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co Inc suppressed evidence that its withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx could harm patients, US researchers allege. More...  </description>
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		<title>Merck played down the true risks of Vioxx: study</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4322.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck played down the risk of death linked to the US pharmaceutical giant's anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx in trial studies the company made public, according to a study released Tuesday. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Reports: Data on Vioxx was misused</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4321.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Two new reports involving the painkiller Vioxx raise fresh concerns about how drug companies influence the interpretation and publication of medical research. More...  </description>
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		<title>Merck &#8216;misrepresented Vioxx data&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4320.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>MERCK &amp;#038; Co Inc suppressed evidence that its withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx could harm patients, US researchers charged today. More...  </description>
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		<title>Key Vioxx Research Was Written by Merck, Documents Allege</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>TUESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- Industry documents reveal that pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp;#038; Co. paid academics to put their names on Vioxx research published in top medical journals while company employees often ghost-wrote the studies on the controversial cox-2 painkiller. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Reports Allege Merck Misrepresented Vioxx Research</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4318.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Two teams of researchers with access to thousands of documents gathered in lawsuits over the painkiller Vioxx allege that Merck &amp;#038; Co. waged a campaign of deception to promote its drug, moving slowly to warn of possible hazards while dressing up in-house research as the work of independent academic  ...</description>
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		<title>Did Merck withhold Vioxx information?</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4319.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>A new controversy is brewing Tuesday over Merck and its embattled drug, Vioxx. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck &#8220;misrepresented&#8221; Vioxx data, journal says</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4308.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck and Co. may have misrepresented the risks of its now-withdrawn pain drug Vioxx and allowed a trial of the drug to continue for two years even though it knew it might be harming patients, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. More...  </description>
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		<title>Researchers charge Merck misrepresented Vioxx data</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co Inc suppressed evidence that its withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx could harm patients, U.S. researchers charged on Tuesday. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck minimized the true risks of Vioxx: JAMA study</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4310.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>The risk of death linked to Merck's anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx was minimized in trial studies the company made public, according to a study out Tuesday. More...  </description>
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		<title>Merck Masked Vioxx Risk, Hired Research Ghostwriters</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4311.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>April 15 (Bloomberg) -- Merck &amp;#038; Co . hired ghostwriters to pen reports about the pain pill Vioxx, allegedly allowing the company to manipulate scientific articles to promote the drug, according to a new analysis of court records. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Legal documents: Merck knew about Vioxx risks in late 90&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4312.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Newly released legal documents spell out what Merck knew about Vioxx and when they knew it. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Documents: Dangers Linked With Vioxx Never Made Public</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4313.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4313.html</guid>
		<description>There is new information about the drug Vioxx that was pulled from the market in 2004. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Vioxx makers knew of drug&#8217;s dangers three years before recall, says UW study</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4314.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4314.html</guid>
		<description>The maker of the controversial arthritis drug Vioxx knew of its dangers for as long as three years before a massive nationwide recall, but withheld the information and played down the number of deaths associated with the pain medication, according to an analysis published today by University of Washington professors. ...</description>
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		<title>Medical journal says Merck&#8217;s actions with Vioxx show drug company influence on medical science</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4315.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4315.html</guid>
		<description>CHICAGO - Two new reports involving the painkiller Vioxx raise fresh concerns about how drug companies influence the interpretation and publication of medical research. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Merck used ghostwriters and misrepresented data on Vioxx, article says</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4316.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4316.html</guid>
		<description>The article, based on documents unearthed in lawsuits over the pain drug Vioxx, provides a rare, detailed look in the industry practice of ghostwriting medical research studies that are then published in academic journals. More...  </description>
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		<title>Documents Show Merck Knew About Vioxx Risks</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4307.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4307.html</guid>
		<description>CBS News reports Vioxx was one of the most popular anti-inflammatory drugs on the market, but it was quickly pulled from store shelves once several deaths were linked to it. Link to original article  </description>
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		<title>Over 3,000 already signed on for Vioxx settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4306.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - More than 3,000 former users of Merck &amp;#038; Co's withdrawn Vioxx pain drug have already signed up to take part in a $4.85 billion settlement deal that a federal judge on Friday declared was in the best interests of both sides.      ...</description>
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		<title>Industry Insider: Merck&#8217;s Clark to lead industry group</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4305.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4305.html</guid>
		<description>Richard Clark is used to chal lenges by now. As chief executive of Merck, Clark tackled a top-to-bottom restructuring of the Whitehouse Station-based drugmaker, steered the company through vex ing Vioxx court battles and guided the development of blockbuster cervical-cancer vaccine Gardasil. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Researchers: Popular Cholesterol Drugs Are No Better Than Cheap Generics</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4304.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>On Monday, drug maker Merck's stock opened at its lowest point since the company pulled painkiller Vioxx off the market four years ago. This time the problem is Vytorin, a cholesterol-lowering medication that includes the drug Zetia. Read more here  </description>
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		<title>Merck shares fall nearly 15 percent</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4303.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Merck &amp;#038; Co. Inc. today saw the largest daily drop in its stock value since the pain reliever Vioxx was withdrawn in the fall of 2004. More...  </description>
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		<title>Deadlines on FDA decisions may compromise drug safety</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4302.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4302.html</guid>
		<description>WASHINGTON - Vioxx, Bextra, Rezulin, Baycol. Looking at drugs yanked off the market, Harvard researchers found a disturbing pattern: Medicines approved right on deadline by the Food and Drug Administration are more likely to cause safety problems later than those cleared with more time to spare. More...  </description>
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		<title>Examiner.com Related Articles:</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4301.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4301.html</guid>
		<description>The agency recently began notifying the public earlier about possible safety issues. The policy change came after the FDA was criticized for acting too slowly on information about the risks of Merck's painkiller Vioxx and, GlaxoSmithKline plc 's diabetes pill Avandia . Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Deadline drugs often fail</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4300.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4300.html</guid>
		<description>WASHINGTON - Vioxx, Bextra, Rezulin, Baycol. Looking at drugs yanked off the market, Harvard University researchers found a disturbing pattern: Medicines approved right on deadline by the Food and Drug Administration are more likely to cause safety problems later on than those cleared with more time to spare. Read more ...</description>
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		<title>Just-before-deadline FDA drug approval leads to more safety problems, study says</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4299.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>WASHINGTON | Vioxx, Bextra, Rezulin, Baycol. Looking at drugs yanked off the market, Harvard researchers found a disturbing pattern: Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>FDA deadlines may impact drug safety</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4298.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
	<category>Vioxx</category>		<guid>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4298.html</guid>
		<description>Vioxx, Bextra, Rezulin, Baycol. Looking at drugs yanked off the market, Harvard researchers found a disturbing pattern: Medicines approved right on deadline by the Food and Drug Administration are more likely to cause safety problems later than those cleared with more time to spare. More...  </description>
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		<title>Claim deadline extended for Vioxx-related cases</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4296.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>People who think their heart attacks or strokes were caused by the once-popular painkiller Vioxx and want early partial payments now have an additional month to file paperwork backing up their claims under a settlement with manufacturer Merck &amp;#038; Co. More...  </description>
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		<title>Deadline extended to support Vioxx claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>People who think their heart attacks or strokes were caused by the once-popular painkiller Vioxx now have until May 1 to file the paperwork to back up their claims under a settlement with Readington-based manufacturer Merck &amp;#038; Co. Click here for more info  </description>
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		<title>Filing Deadline Extended for Vioxx Cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>People who think their heart attacks or strokes were caused by a once-popular painkiller now have another month to file the paperwork to back up their claims. More...  </description>
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		<title>Deadline Extension To File Papers In Vioxx Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.vioxxadvisor.com/4294.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description>Tens of thousands are eligible to share in settlement. They claim stroke and heart attacks caused by the medicine.  more  Read more here  </des