Merck faces lawsuit after Vioxx pulled
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An Oklahoma lawsuit filed on Thursday charges that Merck &amp; Co. misled patients about the safety of its arthritis drug. The case may signal many more such lawsuits against the drugmaker
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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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TORONTO - A Toronto-based law firm filed another class-action lawsuit Friday against drug maker Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Raymond V. Gilmartin, the top executive at troubled pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. , could testify as soon as March in some of the dozens of lawsuits filed in New Jersey over Merck's withdrawal of its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx.
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New York Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi sued Merck & Co. on Tuesday, seeking to recoup value lost in the state's pension fund after the drug manufacturer pulled its top painkiller Vioxx off the market in September.
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The inevitable lawsuits over arthritis drug Vioxx have begun, the first coming just a day after the drug was withdrawn from use last week.
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A former user of the pain relief medicine Vioxx is suing the drug maker and Wal-Mart in a civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in circuit court in Hempstead County, Ark.
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NEW YORK - The state and city sued Merck &amp; Co. Inc. yesterday, saying the drug maker defrauded Medicaid and other government insurance programs by hiding the risks of heart problems associated with its pain medication Vioxx.
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There is an accusation that drug giant Merck knew about safety problems long before pulling its pain reliever Vioxx off the market in September.
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Drugs giant Merck &amp; Co. which pulled its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from shelves in September, is about to become the target of hundreds of plaintiffs&#39; lawyers, the New York Times reported on Friday.
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US drugs giant Merck is to be fined an initial $20m in after losing a case brought by a user of its Vioxx painkiller.
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Merck pulled Vioxx from the market on September 30th, saying it was acting in the best interest of patients. But internal documents reportedly show the company knew as far back as 2000 that
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A lawsuit has been filed against the makers of Vioxx, and more are expected to follow. Olga Sanchez of Pharr is claiming that a July 2001 heart attack resulted from her using Vioxx
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The pension fund of New York State filed suit in federal court accusing Merck &amp; Company of misleading shareholders about the safety of its pain reliever, Vioxx, which has been withdrawn from the market.
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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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NEW YORK -- Merck &amp; Co.'s campaign to defend itself in the wake of the recall of the pain reliever Vioxx intensified last week, as it placed a package of three full-page ads in seven prominent newspapers beginning last Friday. That follows several television appearances, as well as testimony before Congress by the company's chief executive.
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - Merck & Co.  failed to provide adequate warnings about health risks tied to its withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx in one case, but gave adequate warning in another, a New Jersey jury found on Friday in a split decision in two suits tried simultaneously.