Merck Wins Ruling on Class Action Over Vioxx
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The New Jersey decision is a legal victory for the drugmaker, which faces nearly 27,000 individual lawsuits from people claiming Vioxx harmed them.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - An Alabama state court jury on Friday handed Merck & Co. its second victory this week in a Vioxx product liability trial, finding the drugmaker did not hide the health risks associated with its withdrawn arthritis drug, or knowingly market a faulty product.
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A federal jury on Thursday found  that Merck & Co. Inc. was negligent and knowingly made  misrepresentations about its withdrawn pain medicine Vioxx, and  awarded $51 million to the plaintiff.
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New Jersey Supreme Court rules against the possibility of a national class action Vioxx lawsuit.
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TORONTO (CP) - 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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The main pension fund of New York State filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against Merck &amp; Company, accusing it of misleading shareholders about the safety of its arthritis pain drug Vioxx, which has since been withdrawn.
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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 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accusing Merck &amp; Company of misleading shareholders about the safety of its pain reliever, Vioxx, which has been withdrawn from the market.
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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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BOSTON (CBS.MW) - A New Jersey state court has ruled that plaintiffs&#39; attorneys can depose Merck &amp; Co. chairman and chief executive officer Raymond Gilmartin in preparation for their lawsuits against the company over its recalled drug Vioxx.
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Thousands of federal lawsuits claiming the drug Vioxx killed or injured people by causing heart attacks cannot be pooled into one national class action, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - Merck & Co. scored its second swift victory this week in a Vioxx product liability trial when an Alabama jury found on Friday it did not hide health risks associated with its withdrawn arthritis drug or knowingly market a faulty product.
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Merck &amp; Co. said late Tuesday that it is establishing a committee to review its handling of the controversial withdrawal of its popular painkiller Vioxx from the market.
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A US federal judge refused to allow a class-action lawsuit to proceed against Merck for health problems linked to its Vioxx pain medication, in a major victory for the pharmaceutical giant.
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A New Jersey jury found on Monday that Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx was responsible for a plaintiff's heart attack and awarded him $20 million in compensatory damages.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey's Supreme Court rejected a huge class-action lawsuit against drugmaker Merck & Co. over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx on Thursday, reversing two previous lower-court decisions.
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A federal judge overturned a $50   million award handed down by a jury against Merck & Co. Inc.   MRK.N earlier this month in a case of a former FBI agent who   had blamed the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx for his heart attack.