
litigation context," said Ken Frazier, who was the company's chief counsel during much of the Vioxx litigation and was recently named president of global health. The settlement - one of the biggest ever in...

quarter, the company added $75m to its reserves for legal fees associated with the onslaught of litigation over Vioxx. It pulled Vioxx from the market in 2004 after finding it increased the risk of heart attack and...

of the most significant product liability trials in U.S. history, including the national litigation over the painkiller Vioxx. The firm's work in the nation's first Vioxx trial resulted in a $254 million verdict...

with more arriving by the minute. Point of reference: there were about 45,000 claims filed in the Vioxx litigation. Its anyones guess whether those forms will develop into actual lawsuits. So far there are about 3...

$4.85 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits brought by people claiming to have been harmed by Vioxx. The litigation over Vioxx has meant the release of some previously unpublished trials, which have now been analy...

Zyprexa, Vioxx , and Zometa/Aredia. In addition there are 6 centrally m...Christopher Placitella , widely regarded as one of the country's leading legal authorities on mass torts, mesothelioma litigation, asbestos ...

years, including litigation involving the Yasmin and Yaz birth control pills, Gadolinium based contrast agents, Ortho Evra birth control patch, ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution, Vioxx, Heparin, Zyprexa...

The settlement marks a shift in strategy for Merck, which previously said it intended to fight Vioxx litigation on a case-by-base basis rather than consider a broad settlement. "We believe that this is the...

, signed Friday morning, was reached with law firms on the steering committee for the federal Vioxx litigation as well as representatives of plaintiffs' counsel in state proceedings, Merck said. It was signed...

answer questions journalist have about a case. This can be especially helpful in cases such as the Vioxx litigation, where much of the evidence is highly technical and laden with jargon. However, this does not exten...