Ontario class-action lawsuit by users of arthritis drug Vioxx ...
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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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Merck, the beleaguered US pharmaceuticals group, could be forced to pay out as much as $18bn (Â£9.7bn) over 10 years as a result of lawsuits linked to Vioxx, its controversial arthritis drug.
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Thousands of federal lawsuits claiming the drug Vioxx caused heart attacks and other conditions that killed or injured people cannot be pooled into one national class action, a judge ruled yesterday.
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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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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Company, accusing it of misleading shareholders about the safety of its arthritis pain drug Vioxx, which has since been withdrawn.
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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.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 26  Â A federal jury ruled in favor of Merck on Tuesday in a lawsuit over the painkiller Vioxx, finding that there was not enough evidence to link the drug to a Kentucky manÂs heart attack.
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MERCK faces a fresh barrage of lawsuits over its Vioxx arthritis drug that together could cost it as much as $18 billion (Â£9.8 billion) as hundreds of lawyers from across America will next week team up for a combined attack on the embattled drug
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri woman is suing the maker of arthritis drug Vioxx over the 2002 death of her daughter. The suit was filed Friday by Caroline Nevels of Lexington, Mo.
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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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A month after Merck quit selling Vioxx in the face of new evidence that its blockbuster painkiller caused heart attacks, strokes and other serious ailments, the company and plaintiffsâ lawyers are scrambling to adjust to a surge in related lawsuits.
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A Canadian class-action lawsuit has been  launched against Pfizer Inc. alleging that its arthritis drug  Celebrex caused cardiovascular side effects, the law firm  launching the suit said on Friday.
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A New Jersey jury on Monday ordered Merck & Co.  to pay $27.5 million in punitive damages after finding that the drugmaker was willful and reckless in promoting arthritis medicine Vioxx, which has since been withdrawn.
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Oct. 8 - The September 30th recall of Vioxx is raising legal questions. Here&#39;s the drug&#39;s history. The FDA approved marketing of Vioxx in 1999.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Thousands of federal lawsuits claiming the drug Vioxx caused heart attacks and other conditions that killed or injured people cannot be pooled into one national class action, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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The Health Ministry is investigating an entire class of pain relief drugs after the global recall of Vioxx. Drug manufacturer Merck, Sharp &amp; Dohme took Vioxx, an arthritis drug and painkiller
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NEW ORLEANS -- Merck &amp; Co. won the first reversal of a damage award over its Vioxx painkiller after a judge found a $51 million verdict Aug. 17 was ``grossly excessive."