Lawyers to Meet Next Week on Merck&#39;s Vioxx -NYT
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Drugs giant Merck &amp; Co. which pulled its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from shelves in September, is about to become the target of hundreds of plaintiffs&#39; lawyers, the New York Times reported on Friday.
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Merck & Co. Inc.  said on Monday it had received a subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department and that the Securities and Exchange Commission has started an informal inquiry concerning its recalled pain reliever Vioxx.
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US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford on Friday agreed to meet with a top Republican lawmaker about the agency&#39;s handling of safety concerns over Merck &amp; Co Inc.
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Merck & Co. Inc.  said on Monday that it received a subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department and that the Securities and Exchange Commission has started an informal inquiry concerning its recalled pain reliever Vioxx.
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Drug maker Merck &amp; Co. reported Tuesday that its board appointed a special committee to review the company&#39;s actions before withdrawing blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx from the market Sept.
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A leading U.S. Senate Republican  this week demanded internal documents from Merck & Co. Inc.  MRK.N that could answer questions about the company's  interaction with U.S. regulators over its 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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Drug giant Merck pulled its painkiller Vioxx because it increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Now the company may face thousands of lawsuits.
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Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL.N said on  Monday it is meeting with bankruptcy lawyers to prepare in case  the carrier needs to file for bankruptcy protection, but added  that recent talks with pilots make it hopeful a pilot agreement  can be reached later this week.
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A lawyer who represents Merck & Co. in its litigation over Vioxx said on Tuesday that an unpublished study that reportedly shows heart risks with the withdrawn painkiller in short-term use is not supported by other data.
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WASHINGTON -- After months of heightened concerns about the safety and effectiveness of Vioxx and similar best-selling painkillers, and intense criticism of how the Food and Drug Administration has handled them, the agency will launch critical meetings beginning tomorrow on what to do next.
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Drug giant Merck says the Food and Drug Administration wants more information, but is prepared to approve the company&#39;s successor drug to recalled pain reliever Vioxx.
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A judge Friday granted Merck &amp; Co. attorneys access to bank and cell phone records that could show the extent of a juror's financial relationship with a plaintiff who won a $32 million verdict in the death of a man who took the painkiller Vioxx.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 29 -- Drugmaker Merck & Co., under financial siege since pulling its top painkiller Vioxx off the market in September, said Monday it has adopted a plan that would guarantee large severance packages to 230 top executives if the company merges or is taken over.
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A week after saying it was withdrawing its $2.5 billion arthritis drug Vioxx from the market and losing a quarter of its stock market value as a result, Merck &amp; Co. will try to dodge the storm clouds and turn its attention tomorrow to a brighter subject with the official opening of its Boston research lab.
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Drugmaker Merck &amp; Co., under financial siege since pulling its top painkiller Vioxx off the market in September, said Monday it has adopted a plan that
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Is the US Food &amp; Drug Administration failing? That was the testimony of one senior FDA official last week concerning Merck&#39;s withdrawal of the Vioxx anti-pain drug.