Archive for October, 2007NJ Justices to Decide Whether Merck's on Hook for Vioxx Users … - Law.com (subscription) (Vioxx News)Wednesday, October 31st, 2007NJ Justices to Decide Whether Merck's on Hook for Vioxx Users …Law.com (subscription), CA - Oct 25, 2007Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee, the judge in charge of Vioxx litigation in New Jersey, dismissed the suit on summary judgment, … Read More… Vioxx Lawsuit Asks that Merck Pay for Medical MonitoringNewsinferno.com, NY - Oct 26, 2007Vioxx users, anxious that […] Posted in Vioxx | No Comments » Vioxx Lawsuit Asks that Merck Pay for Medical Monitoring - Newsinferno.com (Vioxx News)Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Vioxx Lawsuit Asks that Merck Pay for Medical MonitoringNewsinferno.com, NY - Oct 26, 2007Vioxx users, anxious that they could have unknowingly suffered health consequences from using the defective drug, have taken Vioxx maker Merck to court in … Read More… The (Q3) Glass Is Half Full For US Drug FirmsCNNMoney.com - Oct 26, 2007That good news gave investors a […] Posted in Vioxx | No Comments » Congress acts to improve drug safety (Vioxx News)Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Baltimore Sun - WASHINGTON - Congress overhauled the government’s drug-safety system yesterday, giving the Food and Drug Administration sweeping new powers in a bid to better protect patients from harm caused by drugs such as the painkiller Vioxx. The legislation Read More Posted in Vioxx | No Comments » Drug Chemist Launches Stinky Sulfur Award to Raise Health … - FinanceVisor.com (press release) (Vioxx News)Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Drug Chemist Launches Stinky Sulfur Award to Raise Health …FinanceVisor.com (press release), CA - Oct 29, 2007Previous award recipients would have been Merck for their pain killer Vioxx™. It was well known among scientific circles that the pain killer did more than … Read More… The (Q3) Glass Is Half Full For US Drug FirmsCNNMoney.com - Oct 26, 2007That […] Posted in Vioxx | No Comments » Vaccines give Merck a boost (Vioxx News)Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Newark Star-Ledger - PAGE 46Even as the company fortifies its business operations, the product liability around the withdrawn pain medicine Vioxx continues to be an issue. Executives socked away another $70 million in a reserve earmarked specifically to cover the legal Read More Posted in Vioxx | No Comments » Merck Reports Double-Digit Revenue and Earnings-Per-Share Growth for (Vioxx News)Monday, October 29th, 2007Genetic Engineering News - Net income and EPS for the third quarter of 2007 and 2006 also include the impact of reserving an additional $70 million and $598 million, respectively, solely for future VIOXX legal defense costs. Net income was $4,906.3 million, and worldwide Read More Posted in Vioxx | No Comments » Arthritis Explained - Causes And Arthritis Treatment - American Chronicle (Vioxx News)Monday, October 29th, 2007Arthritis Explained - Causes And Arthritis TreatmentAmerican Chronicle, CA - 13 hours agoAround 107000 people are said to be hospitalized thanks to bad reactions with NSAIDs - the group of drugs Vioxx belonged to. There are different forms of … Read More… Cause in Fact and Vioxx, part NPoint of Law, NY - Oct 23, 2007This Newark Star […] Posted in Vioxx | No Comments » Arthritis Explained - Causes And Arthritis Treatment - American Chronicle (Vioxx News)Monday, October 29th, 2007Arthritis Explained - Causes And Arthritis TreatmentAmerican Chronicle, CA - 1 hour agoAround 107000 people are said to be hospitalized thanks to bad reactions with NSAIDs - the group of drugs Vioxx belonged to. There are different forms of … Read More… Costly recall reckoningSeattle Times, United States - Oct 26, 2007AP After Merck recalled Vioxx, a painkiller linked […] Posted in Vioxx | No Comments » Merck, Schering-Plough post strong profit (Vioxx News)Monday, October 29th, 2007Crain’s New York Business - However, Vioxx liability continues to hang over the company, which added $70 million to its reserves for defending lawsuits over the blockbuster painkiller it pulled from the market three years ago. Separately, Schering-Plough Corp. said its third Read More Posted in Vioxx | No Comments » NJ Justices to Decide Whether Merck's on Hook for Vioxx Users … - Law.com (subscription) (Vioxx News)Sunday, October 28th, 2007NJ Justices to Decide Whether Merck's on Hook for Vioxx Users …Law.com (subscription), CA - Oct 25, 2007Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee, the judge in charge of Vioxx litigation in New Jersey, dismissed the suit on summary judgment, … Read More… Vioxx Lawsuit Asks that Merck Pay for Medical MonitoringNewsinferno.com, NY - Oct 26, 2007Vioxx users, anxious that […] Posted in Vioxx | No Comments » | |
