NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Texas appeals court on Thursday reversed a $26.1 million decision against Merck & Co, finding that its withdrawn Vioxx painkiller did not cause the fatal heart attack suffered by a plaintiff’s husband. In what was the first Read More
May 29 (Bloomberg) — Merck & Co. won […]

Two major court victories for Merck on Thursday pushed the litigation over the painkiller Vioxx closer to conclusion and highlighted the increasing difficulty that plaintiffs’ lawyers are having in winning lawsuits against big drug companies. A state Read More
Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas on Thursday scrapped verdicts against drugmaker […]

Director of AEI Legal Center on Vioxx SettlementAmerican Enterprise Institute, DC - May 29, 2008Merck, which made worldwide headlines in 2005 when the first Vioxx case to go to trial returned a $253 million verdict. At AEI events discussing the verdict …

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Texas Court Scraps $26M Verdict in Vioxx CaseEmpowHer, AZ - May 29, 2008… appeals court has […]

Texas Appeals Court Reverses Vioxx Judgment Against MerckCNNMoney.com - 22 hours ago(MRK) in the case of a woman who alleged her husband's use of the pain drug Vioxx caused his death. The jury had awarded Carol Ernst $253.5 million in …

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Court overturns Vioxx verdict out of AngletonHouston Chronicle, United States - May 29, 2008The ruling came […]

NJ, Texas courts scrap awards from Vioxx casesThe Associated Press - 10 hours agoThe 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 He had been taking the now-withdrawn drug …

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Business in Brief: Sale of Bear Stearns, Merck claims victoryTimes Online, UK - 1 hour […]

SILVER SPRING, Md. (Reuters) - A new focus on drug safety is delaying the approval of some medicines as regulators impose requirements meant to minimize side effects, a top U.S. health official told Reuters Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration Read More
The news did not make it to the front pages, […]

Recently, we saw two very different examples of how we collectively show our gratitude to those who protect us. Newspapers across the country displayed a picture of Canada’s newly unveiled Victoria Cross, a medal for “extraordinary valour and Read More
ANAPOL SCHWARTZ CREATES FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT RESEARCH/PROGRAMS ADVANCING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY […]

Valuing Pharma Like Metal BendersForbes, NY - 5 hours agoKrensavage saw as overblown the panic selling of Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) in September 2004 when it came out that Vioxx increased heart attack …

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Has Merck Learned Anything from Vioxx and Vytorin?AlterNet, CA - May 22, 2008Even as Merck seeks closure on its Vioxx […]

Americas Watchdog Wants to Know if Consumers Were Overcharged with …PR Web (press release), WA - May 27, 2008Americas Watchdog has launched a national investigation into seeing if a consumers, were over charged with the drug called Vioxx, Trasylol or any other drug …

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Has Merck Learned Anything from Vioxx and Vytorin?AlterNet, CA - May 22, 2008Even […]

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian biotechnology companies have joined a chorus of their global counterparts to rail against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s tardiness in approving new drugs. Products by companies such as Labopharm Inc (DDS.TO Read More
SILVER SPRING, Md. (Reuters) - A new focus on drug safety is delaying the […]