Vioxx patients lose US court bid
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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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Patients with osteoarthritis who took the pain medication Vioxx have several options to discuss with their doctors. â¢ Exercise and weight control.
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A New Jersey jury ruled that Merck failed to provide adequate warning about the risks of its Vioxx painkiller in one of two cases decided.
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - A New Jersey jury on Tuesday found that Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG failed to adequately warn a patient of the bowel disease risks associated with its acne medicine Accutane and awarded him $2.5 million in damages.
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The pharmaceutical firm Merck faces a new class-action lawsuit in Canada, filed on behalf of two people who suffered heart attacks after taking the company's pain medication Vioxx, which was taken off the market worldwide because of such risks, plaintiffs' lawyers said.
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VANCOUVER - Just days after the arthritis drug Vioxx was pulled from store shelves, a class action lawsuit has been launched in BC Supreme Court alleging negligence by drug maker Merck and Co.
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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accusing Merck &amp; Company of misleading shareholders about the safety of its pain reliever, Vioxx, which has been withdrawn from the market.
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A New Jersey jury found on Monday that  Merck & Co. Inc.'s  withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx was  responsible for a plaintiff's heart attack and it awarded $20  million in compensatory damages.
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Doctors were bombarded with phone calls from worried patients following the announcement last week that drug manufacturer Merck had pulled its popular arthritis drug, Vioxx, from the market because of safety concerns.
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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 Wednesday.
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NEW YORK - As doctors struggle to come to grips with what the withdrawal of Vioxx means for drug safety, the letters pages of the normally sedate New England Journal of Medicine have turned into a battleground.
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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 federal judge on Wednesday denied a  motion for class-action status for personal injury and wrongful  death cases involving Merck & Co.'s  withdrawn Vioxx  painkiller.
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A federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion for class-action status for personal injury and wrongful death cases involving Merck & Co.'s  withdrawn Vioxx painkiller.
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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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Celebrex continues to sell, while Vioxx got yanked. Courts, doctors, patients, and investors will decide which approach is better.