Epic Vioxx Victory for Merck
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New Jersey Supreme Court rules against the possibility of a national class action Vioxx lawsuit.
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - A New Jersey jury reached verdicts on Friday in cases brought by two plaintiffs against drug maker Merck & Co.  over its withdrawn Vioxx arthritis drug.
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Merck and Co  on Wednesday  reported a fourth-quarter loss due to charges related to a  costly settlement related to its withdrawn Vioxx arthritis  drug, but results soundly beat Wall Street expectations.
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A New Jersey jury on Monday ordered Merck & Co.  to pay $47.5 million in damages after finding that the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis drug, Vioxx, was responsible for a plaintiff's heart attack and that the company was reckless in promoting the drug.
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Merck, the maker of the arthritis drug Vioxx is facing a nationwide legal assault as lawyers representing thousands of people injured or killed by the painkiller meet next week to set the groundwork for a massive action against the drug maker.
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A federal jury ruled in favor of Merck &amp; Co. Inc. on Tuesday in a lawsuit over the painkiller Vioxx, finding there was not enough evidence to link the drug to a Kentucky man's heart attack.
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More than 3,000 former users of Merck & Co's  withdrawn Vioxx pain drug have already signed up to take part in a $4.85 billion settlement deal that a federal judge on Friday declared was in the best interests of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.
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Merck&#39;s (MRK :NYSE - news - research) decision to withdraw its popular arthritis drug Vioxx from the market in late September has raised questions about the process leading up to its regulatory approval in 1999 as well as the importance of subsequent
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The pre-VIOXX Merck is back, double-digit sales growth shows.
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Merck &amp; Co. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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When news broke Sept. 30 that Merck pulled its blockbuster anti-inflammatory pain reliever Vioxx, a collective sigh was heard across the nation.
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A federal jury on Thursday found  that Merck & Co. Inc. was negligent and knowingly made  misrepresentations about its withdrawn pain medicine Vioxx, and  awarded $51 million to the plaintiff.
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Merck &amp; Co&#39;s decision to stop selling the painkiller Vioxx, one of its most profitable drugs, could hardly have come at a worse time for the company.
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The recall of Vioxx--an arthritis treatment taken by millions of people--is a disaster for everyone. Of course it&#39;s bad news for Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people), the drug&#39;s maker.
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NEW YORK - Should Merck have conducted a bigger trial to test the safety of its arthritis drug Vioxx? Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) pulled Vioxx from the market two weeks ago, but questions about the
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A New Orleans jury handed Merck &  Co.  a victory Wednesday in the latest federal Vioxx  product liability trial, finding that the drugmaker adequately  warned of the heart risks associated with the medicine.
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Pharmaceutical titan Merck &amp; Co. Inc. yesterday pulled its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx off the market, citing safety concerns, thereby triggering a massive selloff in the company&#39;s shares that wiped out nearly US$27-billion of Merck&#39;s market value.