Merck shares slide on civil, criminal probes into Vioxx
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WASHINGTON : Drugs giant Merck and Co.&#39;s shares slumped after the firm revealed civil and criminal investigations into the sale of its pain drug Vioxx.
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Merck &amp; Co. said US securities regulators and the Justice Department opened inquiries concerning the painkiller Vioxx, withdrawn Sept.
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The blue-chip Dow Jones average fell  on Thursday after drug maker Merck & Co.MRK.N withdrew its  widely used Vioxx painkiller after evidence showed the drug  could increase risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit plunged 21 percent, mainly due to lost sales and a big reserve taken for legal defense costs over the withdrawal of its former blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s shares (MRK) fell 9.7 percent to the lowest price in almost nine years after the Wall Street Journal said yesterday the drugmaker tried for years to stop safety concerns from hurting sales of its Vioxx painkiller.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Thursday after Merck & Co. said it would be forced to remove its best-selling Vioxx arthritis drug from the market due to serious health risks...
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Merck and Co  reported a fourth-quarter loss on Wednesday on legal settlement costs and sales that disappointed investors, sending shares down 4 percent.
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WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ - Shares of Merck &amp; Co. plunged almost 9 percent Monday after a media report said that documents show the pharmaceutical giant hid or denied evidence for years that its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx cause heart problems.
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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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Shares in Merck, the US pharmaceuticals giant, plunged by almost 27 per cent yesterday after the company withdrew Vioxx, its $2.5bn (Â£1.
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Merck&#39;s withdrawal of its arthritis treatment sent the stock tumbling more than 25 percent and pushed the Dow into deeply negative territory at the open Thursday.
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WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ - Shares of Merck &amp; Co. plunged nearly 10 percent Monday after a media report said documents show the pharmaceutical giant hid or denied evidence for years that its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx causes heart problems.
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* The world&#39;s biggest drug company loses $25 billion in market value in one day as investors fear another Vioxx debacle. NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc.
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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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The U.S. Dow Jones Industrial average  declined on Thursday after drug maker Merck & Co.MRK.N  recalled its widely sold Vioxx painkiller and its stock sunk 27  percent.
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Merck & Co. Inc.  said on Monday it had received a subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department and that the Securities and Exchange Commission has started an informal inquiry concerning its recalled pain reliever Vioxx.
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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.