New York Pension Fund Sues Merck Over Vioxx
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The pension fund of New York State filed suit in federal court accusing Merck of misleading shareholders about the safety of its pain reliever, Vioxx.
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EDINBURG - A South Texas woman has sued drug maker Merck &amp; Co., alleging that she had to have heart surgery after using the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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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.
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TORONTO (CP) - A Toronto-based law firm filed another class-action lawsuit Friday against drug maker Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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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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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - A New Jersey jury found on Friday that Merck & Co.  failed to provide adequate warnings about health risks tied to its withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx in one case, but decided that it gave adequate warning in another in two suits tried simultaneously.
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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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Raymond V. Gilmartin, the top executive at troubled pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. , could testify as soon as March in some of the dozens of lawsuits filed in New Jersey over Merck's withdrawal of its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx.
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The $50 million compensatory damage award in a federal Vioxx case this month was "grossly excessive," and a new trial must be held to decide how much drugmaker Merck &amp; Co. must pay a retired FBI agent who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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Merck and Co. Inc. on Wednesday said a  New Orleans federal court will handle pretrial matters for  federal lawsuits filed by former users of Vioxx, who claim they  were harmed by the company's withdrawn arthritis drug.
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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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A US federal judge refused to allow a class-action lawsuit to proceed against Merck for health problems linked to its Vioxx pain medication, in a major victory for the pharmaceutical giant.
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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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The Wall Street Journal has reported that pharmaceutical company Merck knew as far back as 2000 that its arthritis medication, Vioxx, was linked to an increased risk of heart attack.
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The New Jersey decision is a legal victory for Merck, which faces nearly 27,000 individual lawsuits from people claiming the drug Vioxx harmed them.
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Merck agreed yesterday to pay more than $650 million to settle charges that it routinely overbilled the government for its most popular medicines, the arthritis drug Vioxx and the cholesterol drug Zocor, cheating Medicaid out of millions of dollars in discounts over eight years.
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SAN FRANCISCO A media-backed group has sued the California Public Employees&#39; Retirement System today, hoping to force the pension fund to disclose how much it pays venture capitalists to manage its money.