Drug firms named in lawsuit
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A group of 14 independent pharmacists in California filed a lawsuit in Oakland on Thursday against the world&#39;s largest pharmaceutical companies, accusing them of conspiring to inflate drug prices in the United States as part of an illegal price-fixing
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC faces a US investor lawsuit claiming Europe's biggest drug maker misled shareholders about the safety of the diabetes drug Avandia.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc is facing a number of lawsuits from U.S. parents of children and adolescents given its antidepressant Paxil, following claims the company suppressed data showing the drug increased suicidal tendencies in young people.
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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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Nineteen California pharmacies filed a lawsuit in state court yesterday accusing the world&#39;s largest pharmaceutical companies of conspiring to inflate US drug prices.
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The Nigerian state of Kano is  suing drug maker Pfizer Inc. for its alleged role in the deaths  of children who received an unapproved drug during a meningitis  epidemic in 1996, court papers showed on Wednesday.
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KANO, Nigeria  - The Nigerian state of Kano is suing drug maker Pfizer Inc. for its alleged role in the deaths of children who received an unapproved drug during a meningitis epidemic in 1996, court papers showed on Wednesday.
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Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N has sued   Boston Scientific BSX.N and Abbott Laboratories Inc. ABT.N,   seeking at least $5.5 billion in damages related to J&J's   failed bid to acquire medical device maker Guidant Corp.
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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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Pfizer settled a lawsuit against a rival drug maker, Novartis, for alleged infringement of a United States patent for the antibiotic medicine Zithromax. Pfizer sued Novartis and Sandoz, a unit operating in the United States, in February 2006 in federal court in Wilmington, Del., saying it would be irreparably harmed by the rival companiesâ use of the invention for forms of crystal azithromycin; Pfizer sought unspecified damages. The parties have agreed to settle all claims over the 2005 drug patent, and the suit was dismissed June 25, according to court papers. Pfizer is based in New York, and Novartis is based in Basel, Switzerland.
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Motions were filed in federal court Monday to protect the names of current and former major league players linked to two cases involving performance-enhancing drugs.
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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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VANCOUVER (CP) - 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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A lawsuit filed Monday attempts to recoup tens of millions spent by government-financed health programs to purchase the painkiller and to treat patients for its side effects.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc  faces a U.S. investor lawsuit claiming that Europe's biggest drugmaker misled shareholders about the safety of diabetes drug Avandia.
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The company faces a pivotal clinical trial.
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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's side effects -- lawsuits that threaten to further damage the company's finances and reputation.