Merck sued again over Vioxx in Canada
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The pharmaceutical firm Merck faces a new class-action lawsuit in Canada, filed on behalf of two people who suffered heart attacks after taking the company's pain medication Vioxx, which was taken off the market worldwide because of such risks, plaintiffs' lawyers said.
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Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating Merck &amp; Co. in connection with Vioxx, the painkiller that was pulled from the market in September
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NEW YORK - Already wounded by the withdrawal of its Vioxx pain reliever from the market, Merck &amp; Co. must now contend with hundreds of lawsuits over the drug&#39;s side effects - lawsuits that threaten to further damage the company&#39;s finances and reputation.
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Merck, the beleaguered US pharmaceuticals group, could be forced to pay out as much as $18bn (Â£9.7bn) over 10 years as a result of lawsuits linked to Vioxx, its controversial arthritis drug.
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A Martin County man is suing the maker of the prescription drug Vioxx and the Walgreens Corporation. Mark Tomlin alleges he had a heart attack after taking the drug to relieve pain from arthritis.
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The $50 million compensatory damage award in a federal Vioxx case this month was "grossly excessive," and a new trial must be held to decide how much drugmaker Merck &amp; Co. must pay a retired FBI agent who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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In a major legal victory for Merck &amp; Co. in its massive Vioxx litigation, New Jersey's Supreme Court yesterday rejected a potential class-action lawsuit that could have cost the drug maker up to $18 billion.
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) _ The New York state comptroller sued Merck &amp; Co., claiming the drug maker hid certain risks associated with the painkiller Vioxx.
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A lawsuit filed Monday attempts to recoup tens of millions spent by government-financed health programs to purchase the painkiller and to treat patients for its side effects.
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A lawsuit filed by the state and city of New York claims the drugmaker concealed the risks of the arthritis treatment Vioxx.
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Less than three months after Merck withdrew its pain-killer Vioxx from the US after concerns about side-effects, questions over Pfizer&#39;s competitor products are provoking
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TRENTON -- Lawyers defending plaintiffs alleging theyâve been injured or have had loved ones die because of ingesting Vioxx are meeting this week to possibly plan a coordinated nationwide legal assault against the pharmaceutical giant Merck.
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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, the US pharmaceutical giant forced to withdraw its Vioxx painkiller last year, has seen a drop in profits and had to add to its legal reserves.
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A federal judge has ordered a third trial in a lawsuit by a woman who blamed Merckâs painkiller Vioxx for the heart attack that killed her husband.
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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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Canada&#39;s health minister says this country cannot &quot;be the drug store of the United States.&quot;. Ujjal Dosanjh&#39;s warning comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.