
has given it a heavy hand in the bargaining process and produced a favorable outcome in the Vioxx settlement, at a cost that is clearly at the low end of general expectations," Deutsche Bank analyst Barbara...

percent of eligible U.S. claimants have elected to participate in its $4.85 billion proposed Vioxx settlement, and the drugmaker extended the deadline for the remainder to join in. ADVERTISEMENT Merck said that...

(my feeling, too, is that it should have been higher) but Drug stocks slipped; Merck jumps on Vioxx settlement but Merik gained (while the rest slip). "...Early Friday, Merck said that it has agreed to settle...

4.85 billion into a fund to settle lawsuits filed by people who said they were harmed by its painkiller Vioxx. The company reached an agreement with lawyers representing many of the 47,000 plaintiffs early this...

in Teaneck, New Jersey who represents about 100 clients who took Vioxx. Mr Davis said he had not yet decided whether to recommend the settlement to them. The drug maker, whose shares rose more than 4 percent Friday...

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pay up to $4.85 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits related to the once-popular painkiller Vioxx, which was withdrawn from the market in 2004 after studies showed that it raised the risk of heart attack...

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that the lead lawyers deserve 6.5 percent of the $4.85 billion settlement. That's less than the 8 percent they initially sought. Merck withdrew Vioxx from the market on Sept. 30, 2004, after its own research showed...

The maker of the painkiller Vioxx has agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits in one of the largest civil cases ever, according to published reports Friday. Merck & Co . Inc. faced about 26,...