Merck&#39;s Board Appoints Panel to Investigate Handling of Vioxx
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The directors of Merck, the giant drug maker, have opened an independent investigation into whether the company acted properly regarding Vioxx, the arthritis treatment that it withdrew from the market in September.
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Under a plan recently passed by Merck &amp; Co. Inc.âs board of directors, members of the firmâs management committee and the companyâs vice president-level managers may be compensated with severance packages
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HARLINGEN, Texas -- Attorneys for Merck &amp; Co. want to see bank and cellphone records that could show the extent of a juror's financial relationship with a plaintiff who won a $32 million verdict against the drug company in the death of a 71-year-old man who took Vioxx.
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A US Food and Drug Administration reviewer who criticized the agency&#39;s handling of Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s now-withdrawn Vioxx painkiller may be forced to another position
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Merck & Co. said on Wednesday it plans  to release data from a study of its recalled arthritis drug  Vioxx at a meeting of specialists later this month.
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Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) will conduct its annual analyst meeting tomorrow. The drug company is expected to provide information regarding liabilities for potential Vioxx-related lawsuits.
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Merck&#39;s board of directors yesterday formed a special committee to review the drug maker&#39;s handling of the controversial painkiller Vioxx.
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The board, which met this weekend, reportedly expressed concern about regulatory scrutiny.
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The announcement comes on the eve of a three-day FDA meeting called to discuss the safety of painkillers like Merck &#38; Co.
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A Congressional committee is investigating Merck and Schering-Plough for their handling of a critical clinical trial of Zetia, their blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug.
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Congressional pressure on drug makers and regulators mounted yesterday as the House Energy and Commerce Committee began investigating the approval and recall of Vioxx.
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A veteran U.S. Food and Drug  Administration scientist will unveil new data on Thursday  before an expert panel charged with determining whether pain  relievers similar to Merck & Co. Inc.'s now-withdrawn Vioxx  should remain on the market.
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By Brian Brueggemann, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 21--EDWARDSVILLE -- The process of picking a jury began Tuesday for a Madison County trial on whether the maker of the painkilling medicine Vioxx withheld information about the drug's risks.
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Merck & Co Inc. is evaluating why its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx raises the chance of heart attack and stroke, but it has not found a mechanism of action, a company official said on Monday.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; Federal regulators and the drug maker Merck &amp; Co. were aware of risks that the company's Vioxx painkiller could cause serious heart problems before the drug was approved in 1999, government and expert witnesses told a Senate committee Thursday.
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Merck&#39;s board has adopted an enhanced severance plan to retain and potentially protect senior executives in the event of a takeover of the struggling US drugmaker.
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The Cox Communications (COX:NYSE - news - research) board formed a special panel to consider a take-private bid from the company&#39;s controlling shareholder.