Consumer group sues Merck in Canada
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MONTREAL : A consumer group in Quebec has sued the pharmaceutical firm Merck in Canada, charging that it kept its pain and arthritis drug Vioxx on the market despite the risk of strokes and heart attacks.
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The Colombian government has filed a lawsuit accusing Pernod Ricard SA, Diageo PLC and Seagram Export Sales Co. of illegally importing spirits via Colombian companies that launder drug money.
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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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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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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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New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi sued Merck &amp; Co. over pension fund losses related to Vioxx, the painkiller pulled from the market on Sept.
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Both the city and state of New York sue Merck over Vioxx payments
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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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Drugs giant Merck & Co. which pulled  its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from shelves in September, is  about to become the target of hundreds of plaintiffs' lawyers,  the New York Times reported on Friday.
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TORONTO - Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.    The groups, claiming to represent 10 million Canadians, or about one-third the population, called on the Canadian government Monday to ban prescription drug exports...
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MONTREAL - The Canadian arm of a huge tobacco company has asked a Quebec court to stop a provincial lawsuit claiming $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes on smuggled cigarettes.
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Merck &amp; Co., the drug maker defending about 27,000 lawsuits filed by users of the painkiller Vioxx, was accused in a Canadian lawsuit of failing to warn consumers its bone drug Fosamax may damage jaw bones, a law firm said.
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The AFL-CIO and a Boston-based consumer advocacy group sued AstraZeneca yesterday, accusing the drug manufacturer of deceptively selling doctors and patients
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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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Merck &#38; Co. has decided to stop supplying its drugs to Canadian pharmacies that export the medicines to patients in the United States, the company confirmed Thursday.
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This article was reported and written by Alex Berenson, Gardiner Harris, Barry Meier and Andrew Pollack. In May 2000, executives at Merck, the pharmaceutical giant under siege for its
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Its products have relieved pain and suffering, and prolonged life for hundreds of millions of consumers. If you&#39;ve been following the Vioxx &quot;scandal,&quot; Merck is now in the cross-hairs of plaintiffs&#39; attorneys, politicians and certain elements of the FDA.