
pain." But the judge rejected Peterson's claim that Merck knew or should have known that the drug increased the risk of cardiovascular disease long before it yanked Vioxx from the market in 2004. Jessup also reject...

overseeing lawsuits against Merck & Co. over its withdrawn pain drug Vioxx on Friday dismissed a case brought by a woman, rejecting her claim that she was not properly informed of the medicine's health risks, accor...

at the start of trading. The company said it will pay the money into a fund, and people who claim they were hurt by Vioxx can petition for money. The company said the deal was not a class action settlement and indiv...

care. He has a separate product liability claim pending against the drug manufacturers.¡± [ New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance , FindACase ] Related posts Vioxx settlement: February 8 update (32) New Jersey gun...

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died after taking Vioxx for eight months.

who claim to have been harmed by the once $2.5 billion a year drug that was pulled off the market in September 2004 after a study showed it ... to any kind of broad settlement agreement. "All of the Vioxx cases ...

and gender, and having high blood pressure. He said there was no physical evidence to support the claim that Vioxx caused Mr Peterson to have a heart attack over any of the other contributing factors. The trial...

If Vioxx is better at relieving arthritic pain it might make people taking... or elderly, those extra activities might put enough strain on their hearts to bring on a heart attack in some instances. So the claim that ...

the elections take over. USA Today leads with two new studies that claim Merck was deceptive in the way it marketed the painkiller Vioxx. Using thousands of pages of documents unearthed in lawsuits that give a rare...