
there was insufficient evidence to show the painkiller caused Bob Ernst's heart problem and death. The 2005 trial was the first Vioxx trial in the nation. Since then some other juries have made big awards and other...

first trial. The court found no evidence that Robert Ernst suffered a fatal heart problem from a blood clot triggered by Vioxx. He had been taking the now-withdrawn drug for eight months before being stricken in...

is limited to Merck. We think this is a widespread problem." Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley , a Republican who chaired Senate Finance Committee hearings on Vioxx deaths, said he was asking Merck to explain what it...

-carotene, vitamin E, hormone treatments, Vioxx and Avandia. Even when effects are genuine, their true magnitude is often smaller than originally claimed. The problem begins with the public¡¯s rising expectations of...

for Sept. 17 in Florida Circuit Court in Hillsborough County. Investors want a new drug But Vioxx isn't the only problem for Merck The company has also had to deal with patent expirations on potent blockbusters like...

Vioxx did decrease stomach problems but caused more heart attacks compared with another anti-inflammatory drug. "We say the evidence will show that Merck was plainly on notice that this was a potential problem...

of Vioxx had to be taken off of the market, because of all the heart pr... lipped mussel extract, for additional treatment and without the gastrointestinal concerns - however, the potential bleeding problem would ...

failing to disclose, until that year, clinical trial results that indicated that cox-2 painkillers like Vioxx might be dangerous to the heart. In 2004, editors of BMJ and Lancet called for an international register...

their crime. This is AP Network News. (((2005. 3. 3. Thursday - latter part))) Looking at a Vioxx problem in the rearview mirror , the FDA tells congress it wants to tell drug companies how strong warning s should...

a problem and did little to nothing to fix it while customers suffer the consequences." The Lanier Law Firm has served as lead counsel in some of..., including the national litigation over the painkiller Vioxx. The ...