Some Lawyers Seek Changes in Vioxx Settlement
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Several plaintiffsâ lawyers have asked the judge overseeing the $4.85 billion settlement to allow them to keep some of their clients outside the settlement while others accept it.
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Merck & Co Inc  said on Thursday the New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that had granted nationwide class-action status to insurers seeking reimbursement for past spending on Vioxx, the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis treatment.
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The withdrawal of Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx will make it harder for drug companies to win approval for products aimed at big patient populations as regulators
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The project has prompted criticism from those who worry that lawyers could skew new rules in favor of their clients.
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Now that Merck has removed Vioxx from the market, drugs in the same class - both available and awaiting approval - are undergoing renewed scrutiny.
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Now that a US Food and Drug Administration official has named five prescription drugs that may pose health dangers like Vioxx, medical professionals are taking sides as the debate is joined.
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Since Vioxx was pulled off the market last week, arthritis suffers have had to make difficult choices about alternatives for pain relief.
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Throngs of lawyers who represent people allegedly hurt or killed by the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx will gather in California and Las Vegas next week to discuss preparing class-action lawsuits against the drug&#39;s maker, Merck &amp; Co.
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British patients who claim they suffered heart attacks after taking the drug Vioxx have lost the right to fight for compensation in the US
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New cost estimates have prompted many lawmakers to say they want to revisit the new prescription drug benefit law.
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A surge of lawsuits has swamped courthouses just ahead of the two-year anniversary of drugmaker Merck &amp; Co. pulling its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from the market.
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Scores of Michigan residents are clamoring to file lawsuits against drug giant Merck &amp; Co. since its arthritis drug Vioxx was found to increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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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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Concern over the recently publicized risks of drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex has left doctors and patients with difficult choices.
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Drugmaker Wyeth WYE.N said on Tuesday  it is in talks with plaintiffs' lawyers to develop a structure  to settle cases of users of recalled diet drugs "fen-phen" who  opted out of a nationwide legal settlement.
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Law &amp; Order: Pharmaceutical Unit. Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) Chief Executive Raymond V. Gilmartin may testify in some of the many lawsuits filed over the Vioxx recall, a company lawyer said.
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Patients taking Vioxx for pain relief have many alternatives, and the popular drug's withdrawal from markets should have little practical effect on clinical care.