Some Lawyers Seek Changes in Vioxx Settlement
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Several plaintiffsâ lawyers have asked the judge overseeing the $4.85 billion settlement to allow them to keep some of their clients outside the settlement while others accept it.
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More than 3,000 former users of  Merck & Co's  withdrawn Vioxx pain drug have already  signed up to take part in a $4.85 billion settlement deal that  a federal judge on Friday declared was in the best interests of 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.
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Last weekâs dramatic withdrawal of the COX-2 inhibitor rofecoxib (Vioxx) is discussed in this weekâs lead editorial in THE LANCET, which comments that more vigilant drug licensing is vital to prevent the endangering of patientsâ health.
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Drugs giant Merck & Co. which pulled its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from shelves in September, is about to become the target of hundreds of plaintiffs' lawyers, the New York Times reported on Friday.
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Merck & Co Inc  said on Thursday the New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that granted nationwide class-action status to insurers seeking reimbursement for past spending on Vioxx, the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis treatment.
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Concern over the recently publicized risks of drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex has left doctors and patients with difficult choices.
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The withdrawal of Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx will make it harder for drug companies to win approval for products aimed at big patient populations as regulators
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Law &amp; Order: Pharmaceutical Unit. Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) Chief Executive Raymond V. Gilmartin may testify in some of the many lawsuits filed over the Vioxx recall, a company lawyer said.
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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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US drugs giant Merck is to be fined an initial $20m in after losing a case brought by a user of its Vioxx painkiller.
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Its products have relieved pain and suffering, and prolonged life for hundreds of millions of consumers. If you&#39;ve been following the Vioxx &quot;scandal,&quot; Merck is now in the cross-hairs of plaintiffs&#39; attorneys, politicians and certain elements of the FDA.
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Many arthritis sufferers who took the drug Vioxx for severe pain are having trouble finding effective treatment alternatives since the drug was taken off the market by its manufacturer, doctors say.
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Now that Merck has removed Vioxx from the market, drugs in the same class - both available and awaiting approval - are undergoing renewed scrutiny.
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MRSA compensation claims may become more prevalent as lawyers turn to workplace safety laws to pursue hospitals.
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WASHINGTON -- The nation&#39;s largest health management organization is considering changing how it prescribes Vioxx after a government study showed that high doses of the arthritis drug tripled patients&#39; risk of heart attacks and sudden cardiac death.
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MONTREAL (CP) - A Quebec consumers group will ask the courts to hear a class action lawsuit against Merck Frosst Canada on behalf of Quebecers who have bought Vioxx, which has been pulled from the market.
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MERCK faces a fresh barrage of lawsuits over its Vioxx arthritis drug that together could cost it as much as $18 billion (Â£9.8 billion) as hundreds of lawyers from across America will next week team up for a combined attack on the embattled drug