New Jersey jury splits on two Merck Vioxx cases
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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A New Jersey jury found on Friday that Merck & Co.  failed to provide adequate warnings about health risks tied to its withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx in one case, but decided that it gave adequate warning in another in two suits tried simultaneously.
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VANCOUVER - 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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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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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - Merck & Co. scored its second swift victory this week in a Vioxx product liability trial when an Alabama jury found on Friday it did not hide health risks associated with its withdrawn arthritis drug or knowingly market a faulty product.
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An Oklahoma lawsuit filed on Thursday charges that Merck &amp; Co. misled patients about the safety of its arthritis drug. The case may signal many more such lawsuits against the drugmaker
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Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating Merck &amp; Co. in connection with Vioxx, the painkiller that was pulled from the market in September
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A federal judge overturned a $50   million award handed down by jury against Merck & Co. earlier   this month in a case of a former FBI agent who had blamed the   withdrawn painkiller Vioxx for his heart attack, the Wall   Street Journal reported on its web site on Wednesday.
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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granted nationwide class-action status to insurers seeking reimbursement for past spending on Vioxx, the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis treatment.
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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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NEW ORLEANS -- Merck &amp; Co. won the first reversal of a damage award over its Vioxx painkiller after a judge found a $51 million verdict Aug. 17 was ``grossly excessive."
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Merck & Co. won the first reversal of a damage award over its Vioxx painkiller yesterday when a judge ruled that a $51 million verdict was "grossly excessive."
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A surge of lawsuits has swamped courthouses just ahead of the two-year anniversary of drugmaker Merck &amp; Co. pulling its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from the market.
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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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BOSTON (CBS.MW) - A New Jersey state court has ruled that plaintiffs&#39; attorneys can depose Merck &amp; Co. chairman and chief executive officer Raymond Gilmartin in preparation for their lawsuits against the company over its recalled drug Vioxx.
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Merck &amp; Co. is not liable for the heart attack of a Kentucky man who took the company's Vioxx painkiller for less than five months, a federal jury said yesterday.
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NEW YORK - Merck suffered a huge blow last week when it had to pull its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from the market after a big study showed that it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Merck&#39;s (MRK :NYSE - news - research) decision to withdraw its popular arthritis drug Vioxx from the market in late September has raised questions about the process leading up to its regulatory approval in 1999 as well as the importance of subsequent