Merck Named in SEC, DOJ Probes Over Vioxx
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Merck & Co. Inc.  said on Monday that it received a subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department and that the Securities and Exchange Commission has started an informal inquiry concerning its recalled pain reliever 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.
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Drugs in the same category as Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s withdrawn Vioxx painkiller will get close scrutiny to see if they can also cause heart attacks, US Food and Drug Administration officials said on Thursday.
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A leading U.S. Senate Republican  this week demanded internal documents from Merck & Co. Inc.  MRK.N that could answer questions about the company's  interaction with U.S. regulators over its arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Merck & Co Inc. is evaluating why  its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx raises the chance of heart  attack and stroke, but it has not found a mechanism of action,  a company official said on Monday.
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Drug giant Merck says the Food and Drug Administration wants more information, but is prepared to approve the company&#39;s successor drug to recalled pain reliever Vioxx.
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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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Merck & Co Inc. is evaluating why its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx raises the chance of heart attack and stroke, but it has not found a mechanism of action, a company official said on Monday.
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Congress has been investigating the FDA&#39;s decisions in both the Vioxx and antidepressant cases. The probes have focused on agency reviewers who warned about potential problems but claimed their research was ignored or suppressed by other officials.
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WASHINGTON : Drugs giant Merck and Co.&#39;s shares slumped after the firm revealed civil and criminal investigations into the sale of its pain drug Vioxx.
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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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Justice Department prosecutors and Securities and Exchange Commission regulators are investigating Merck &amp; Co. for its handling of the painkiller Vioxx, the pharmaceutical giant disclosed yesterday.
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Federal prosecutors and the S.E.C. are investigating Merck in connection with its recalled pain reliever, Vioxx.
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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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Shares of Merck & Co.  fell about 3 percent before the bell on Tuesday after the drug maker said federal authorities are investigating circumstances surrounding its withdrawal of pain-relief medicine Vioxx.
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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.
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Merck &amp; Co. Chief Executive Officer Raymond Gilmartin will appear at a Nov. 18 Senate Finance Committee hearing into the withdrawal of the company&#39;s Vioxx painkiller, panel spokeswoman Jill Gerber said today in Washington.