Court Denies Class Status for Plaintiffs Against Merck
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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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NEW YORK - Already wounded by the withdrawal of its Vioxx pain reliever from the market, Merck &amp; Co. must now contend with hundreds of lawsuits over the drug&#39;s side effects - lawsuits that threaten to further damage the company&#39;s finances and reputation.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it harder for consumers to sue manufacturers of federally approved medical devices.
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Federal advisers rejected Merck &amp; Co.'s quest to become the first American drug maker to sell cholesterol-fighting statins over the counter, saying the company's own studies raised potential health risks while offering modest life-saving benefits.
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The California Supreme Court approved class-action status Thursday for a suit accusing Sav-on Drug Stores of illegally denying overtime pay to some of its employees.
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Philip Morris Cos. Inc. cannot move a lawsuit by cigarette smokers into federal court.
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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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In a major legal victory for Merck &amp; Co. in its massive Vioxx litigation, New Jersey's Supreme Court yesterday rejected a potential class-action lawsuit that could have cost the drug maker up to $18 billion.
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A new ruling has given class action status to smokers who bought cigarettes marketed as lower risk for potentially large anti-tobacco lawsuit
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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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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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Drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis , the  target of a lawsuit seeking class-action status filed on behalf  of shareholders, on Friday vowed to fight allegations it hid  the side-effects of its anti-obesity drug Acomplia.
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A Brooklyn lawyer announced plans yesterday to file the first federal lawsuits against Merck &amp; Co. on behalf of New Yorkers who developed heart troubles using the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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A lawsuit accusing tobacco companies of   defrauding smokers into thinking "light" cigarettes were safer   than regular brands can proceed as a class action, a federal   judge in New York ruled on Monday.
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Merck and Co. Inc. on Wednesday said a  federal court in Louisiana will handle pretrial matters in  product liability lawsuits around the country filed in federal  courts by former users of the company's withdrawn Vioxx  arthritis drug.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a lawsuit alleging two pharmaceutical companies conspired to monopolize the market for a drug used to treat breast cancer.
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TORONTO -- Law firms in Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary filed more class-action lawsuits yesterday against Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.