Merck posts loss on Vioxx charges
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Merck and Co  on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss due to charges from a costly settlement related to its withdrawn Vioxx arthritis drug, but results soundly beat Wall Street forecasts and lifted its shares 2 percent.
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Merck & Co. MRK.N on Thursday said  its third-quarter profit fell, hurt by negative effects of the  recall last month of its Vioxx arthritis drug.
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A New Jersey found on Monday that Merck & Co. Inc.'s  withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx was responsible for a plaintiff's heart attack and awarded him $20 million in compensatory damages.
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Pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co., under siege over revenues lost since it recalled arthritis drug Vioxx, will have cut about 5,100 jobs by year&#39;s end, 700 more than first planned, and will slash costs by $2.4 billion over four years, chairman and CEO
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Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) will conduct its annual analyst meeting tomorrow. The drug company is expected to provide information regarding liabilities for potential Vioxx-related lawsuits.
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Shares of Merck &amp; Co. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) fell on Thursday after a US study suggested that patients taking its Vioxx arthritis drug had a 50 percent greater risk
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The share price of US drugs giant Merck falls to an eight-year low after it announces that it has been forced to withdraw a key drug on side effect fears.
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A New Jersey jury on Monday ordered  Merck & Co.  to pay $27.5 million in punitive damages  after finding that the drugmaker was willful and reckless in  promoting arthritis medicine Vioxx, which has since been  withdrawn.
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Merck & Co.  on Thursday said its third-quarter profit fell, hurt by negative effects of the recall last month of its Vioxx arthritis drug.
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Merck &amp; Co. profits plunged in the third quarter in the wake of the recall of its Vioxx arthritis drug and Eli Lilly &amp; Co.
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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 awarded him $20 million in compensatory damages.
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A New Jersey jury on Monday ordered Merck & Co.  to pay $27.5 million in punitive damages after finding that the drugmaker was willful and reckless in promoting arthritis medicine Vioxx, which has since been withdrawn.
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Shares of Merck &amp; Co. plunged Monday after a news report suggested that the company knew about risks associated with its recently recalled Vioxx arthritis medication and tried to cover them up.
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Merck &amp; Co., Inc., knew of problems with its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx long before the drug was pulled from the market in September due to newer studies that linked the medication to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, the Wall Street Journal
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Justice Department prosecutors and Securities and Exchange Commission regulators are investigating Merck &amp; Co. for its handling of the painkiller Vioxx, the pharmaceutical giant disclosed yesterday.
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Shares of Merck and Co. plunged nearly 27 percent Thursday on news that the pharmaceutical giant was pulling the popular arthritis pain medication Vioxx off the market in the largest drug withdrawal in US history.
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Company earned 60 cents a share, down from 83 cents a year earlier; Vioxx linked to heart attacks. NEW YORK  - Merck &amp; Co.