Merck wins a Vioxx lawsuit
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Merck &amp; Co. is not liable for the heart attack of a Kentucky man who took the company's Vioxx painkiller for less than five months, a federal jury said yesterday.
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A US court revives shareholder lawsuits against drugs giant Merck over the health risks of its  painkiller Vioxx.
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - A New Jersey jury reached verdicts on Friday in cases brought by two plaintiffs against drug maker Merck & Co.  over its withdrawn Vioxx arthritis drug.
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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granted nationwide class-action status to insurers seeking reimbursement for past spending on Vioxx, the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis treatment.
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An Alabama state court jury  on Friday handed Merck & Co. its second victory this week in a  Vioxx product liability trial, finding the drugmaker did not  hide the health risks associated with its withdrawn arthritis  drug, or knowingly market a faulty product.
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A New Orleans jury handed Merck & Co. a victory Wednesday in the latest federal Vioxx product liability trial, finding that the drugmaker adequately warned of the heart risks associated with the medicine.
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Drug maker Merck & Co. Inc. said on  Friday it acted "responsibly and appropriately" in developing  and marketing recently recalled arthritis drug Vioxx.
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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Wednesday denied a motion for class-action status for personal injury and wrongful death cases involving Merck & Co.'s  withdrawn Vioxx painkiller.
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No one who has sued Merck over heart attacks or strokes suffered after taking Vioxx has received payments.
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A federal jury found that Merck had adequately warned of the heart risks associated with the arthritis pain reliever.
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A New Jersey jury found on Monday that  Merck & Co. Inc.'s  withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx was  responsible for a plaintiff's heart attack and it awarded $20  million in compensatory damages.
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Merck & Co Inc. Thursday pulled its  arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the  risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent its shares  plunging, erasing $25 billion of its market value.
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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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The state of West Virginia and the manufacturer of the controversial pain killer OxyContin have settled a lawsuit brought over the way the drug was marketed to the public, according to The New York Times.
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Merck &amp; Co  agreed to pay more than $649 million to resolve litigation related to its cholesterol drug Zocor and painkiller Vioxx, a federal prosecutor said on Thursday.
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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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More than 3,000 former users of  Merck & Co's  withdrawn Vioxx pain drug have already  signed up to take part in a $4.85 billion settlement deal that  a federal judge on Friday declared was in the best interests of  both sides.