Some Lawyers Seek Changes in Vioxx Settlement
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Several plaintiffsâ lawyers have asked that some of their clients be allowed to reject the $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement as others accept it.
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The New Jersey decision is a legal victory for Merck, which faces nearly 27,000 individual lawsuits from people claiming the drug Vioxx harmed them.
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Scores of Michigan residents are clamoring to file lawsuits against drug giant Merck &amp; Co. since its arthritis drug Vioxx was found to increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration  reviewer who criticized the agency's handling of Merck & Co.  Inc.'s now-withdrawn Vioxx painkiller may be forced to another  position at the agency, a lawyer for the scientist said on  Monday.
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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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The inevitable lawsuits over arthritis drug Vioxx have begun, the first coming just a day after the drug was withdrawn from use last week.
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Drugmaker Wyeth WYE.N said on Tuesday  it is in talks with plaintiffs' lawyers to develop a structure  to settle cases of users of recalled diet drugs "fen-phen" who  opted out of a nationwide legal settlement.
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Legislation would change procedure to challenge patents and assess damages.
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The withdrawal of Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx will make it harder for drug companies to win approval for products aimed at big patient populations as regulators
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The controversy over painkillers known as Cox-2 inhibitors like Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra and major cardiovascular events has prompted a leading heart specialist to speak out.
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Merck & Co. faces a dual threat from health insurers and patients' lawyers, after a U.S. study suggested its Vioxx arthritis drug carries a greater risk than rival medicines.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Just days after the arthritis drug Vioxx was pulled from store shelves, a class action lawsuit has been launched in BC Supreme Court alleging negligence by drug maker Merck and Co.
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Several plaintiffsâ lawyers have asked the judge overseeing the $4.85 billion settlement to allow them to keep some of their clients outside the settlement while others accept it.
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Hundreds of plaintiffs&#39; lawyers who say that people in the United States have been injured or killed by the painkiller Vioxx plan to meet in the coming week to lay groundwork for a nationwide legal drive against the drug&#39;s maker, Merck.
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MERCK faces a fresh barrage of lawsuits over its Vioxx arthritis drug that together could cost it as much as $18 billion (Â£9.8 billion) as hundreds of lawyers from across America will next week team up for a combined attack on the embattled drug
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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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Law &amp; Order: Pharmaceutical Unit. Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) Chief Executive Raymond V. Gilmartin may testify in some of the many lawsuits filed over the Vioxx recall, a company lawyer said.