Merck in $2.3 billion tax settlement with IRS
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Merck & Co Inc.  said on  Wednesday it agreed to settle tax disputes with the U.S.  Internal Revenue Service at a net cash cost of about $2.3  billion.
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HealthSouth Corp. (HLSH.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) , a health-care company that is trying to emerge from an accounting scandal, said on Thursday it agreed to settle for $325 million
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Merck has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve allegations that it overcharged state and federal governments for three top-selling drugs, marking one of the Justice Department's largest settlements ever in a healthcare fraud prosecution.
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Merck & Co Inc.  said on Wednesday it agreed to settle tax disputes with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service at a net cash cost of about $2.3 billion.
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A New Jersey jury found on Monday that Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx was responsible for a plaintiff's heart attack and awarded him $20 million in compensatory damages.
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ST. LOUIS -- The nation&#39;s third-largest operator of kidney-dialysis clinics has agreed to pay the government $350 million to settle allegations it defrauded Medicare.
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Merck agreed to pay a Swiss company, Addex Pharmaceuticals, as much as $702 million to help develop a new schizophrenia drug.
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WASHINGTON -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay $3.4 billion in the largest tax settlement in IRS history, resolving a dispute from the 1980s over the multinational company's U S profits.
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Merck & Co. Inc., reeling from the  recent withdrawal of its Vioxx arthritis drug, on Wednesday  said 2005 earnings will decline to levels below Wall Street  expectations, the third straight year of lower results.
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Drug maker Merck & Co.  said on Wednesday it agreed to settle tax disputes with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service at a net cash cost of about $2.3 billion.
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Pfizer Inc., the world&#39;s largest drugmaker, agreed to pay $430 million to resolve personal-injury claims against a subsidiary that sold products containing asbestos in the 1970s.
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The Justice Department says HealthSouth Corporation has agreed to pay the US government 325 (m) million dollars. The money is to settle numerous allegations that the company defrauded Medicare and other government health programs.
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TRENTON, N.J. - Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co...
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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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Swiss biotech company Addex Pharmaceuticals SA  could receive more than $700 million from Merck & Co Inc  for a licensing deal on its ADX63365 drug for schizophrenia, it said on Thursday.
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YESTERDAY Close $54.64 Change +$1.53 52-WEEK High $55.14 Low $42.29 Merck &amp; Co., the third-largest US drug maker, reported a 63 percent increase in earnings and raised its forecast for the year after a vaccine for cervical cancer and a new pill for diabetes drove sales higher.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--GSK to pay billions to IRS   GlaxoSmithKline got the tax man off its back.   The drug maker agreed to pay $3.1 billion in cash to settle a 16-year dispute with the Internal Revenue Service.