Hope duo files Vioxx lawsuit
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A former user of the pain relief medicine Vioxx is suing the drug maker and Wal-Mart in a civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in circuit court in Hempstead County, Ark.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. The family of a Memphis woman who died while taking an experimental AIDS drug has filed suit against a range of defendants, seeking ten (m) million dollars in damages.
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HARLINGEN, Texas -- Attorneys for Merck &amp; Co. want to see bank and cellphone records that could show the extent of a juror's financial relationship with a plaintiff who won a $32 million verdict against the drug company in the death of a 71-year-old man who took Vioxx.
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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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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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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 pharmaceutical sues over patent infringement.
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Wyeth  said on Monday it will sue Teva Pharmaceuticals USA  for alleged patent infringement and said it received an approvable letter from U.S regulators for bazedoxifene, a drug that helps prevent post-menopausal osteoporosis.
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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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Wyeth  said on Monday it will  sue Teva Pharmaceuticals USA  for alleged patent  infringement and said it received an approvable letter from U.S  regulators for bazedoxifene, a drug that helps prevent  post-menopausal osteoporosis.
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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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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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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 said on Friday was in the best interests of both sides.
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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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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 26  Â A federal jury ruled in favor of Merck on Tuesday in a lawsuit over the painkiller Vioxx, finding that there was not enough evidence to link the drug to a Kentucky manÂs heart attack.
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MONTREAL : A consumer group in Quebec has sued the pharmaceutical firm Merck in Canada, charging that it kept its pain and arthritis drug Vioxx on the market despite the risk of strokes and heart attacks.
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The inevitable lawsuits over arthritis drug Vioxx have begun, the first coming just a day after the drug was withdrawn from use last week.