Mr David wants the Government to put into practice a commitment to pressurise the drug company for compensation. He said: “The Government has made a very strong statement on the floor of the House of Commons that they need to put into practice. “They Read More

NEW ORLEANS - Lawyers say more than 59,000 people have registered for drugmaker Merck & Co.’s settlement of lawsuits claiming injury from the painkiller Vioxx. Administrators have enough records to review about 9,100 of those claims. Partners in the Read More

Overland Realty Ltd. has reported a quarterly operating profit of $1.5 million, up from $61,500 in the year-earlier period, thanks to stable long-term contractual income. Revenue was $2.7 million in Overland’s third quarter ended April 30, up from Read More

NEW ORLEANS - More than 59,000 people have registered claims against drugmaker Merck & Co. for injury from painkiller Vioxx, and administrators have enough records to review about 9,100 of those claims. With two deadlines early next week in the $4.85 Read More

Detroit —- Toyota Motor Corp. could overtake General Motors Corp. in monthly U.S. sales for the first time in June, but the victory could be hollow as the weak economy continues to pummel the auto industry and even Toyota struggles to meet U.S Read More

Former Ledger reporter Dana Willhoit has sued the newspaper and parent company The New York Times claiming she was denied overtime pay. Willhoit worked for The Ledger from December 2004 to February, when she resigned. The Lytle and Sherry law firm of Read More

More than 59,000 people have registered claims against drugmaker Merck & Co. for injury from painkiller Vioxx, and administrators have enough records to review about 9,100 of those claims. With two deadlines early next week in the $4.85 billion Read More

NEW ORLEANS : More than 59,000 people have registered claims against drugmaker Merck & Co. for injury from painkiller Vioxx, and administrators have enough records to review about 9,100 of those claims. With two deadlines early next week in the $4.85 Read More

NEW ORLEANS - Lawyers say more than 59,000 people have registered for drugmaker Merck & Co.’s settlement of lawsuits claiming injury from the painkiller Vioxx. Administrators have enough records to review about 9,100 of those claims. Partners in the Read More

Mr David wants the Government to put into practice a commitment to pressurise the drug company for compensation. He said: “The Government has made a very strong statement on the floor of the House of Commons that they need to put into practice. “They Read More

WASHINGTON - Vermont musician Diana Levine won a $6.8 million judgment against drug maker Wyeth after having part of her right arm amputated in 2000 when an antinausea drug was improperly injected. But Wyeth has appealed to the Supreme Court, setting Read More

NEW ORLEANS - Lawyers say more than 59,000 people have registered for drugmaker Merck & Co.’s settlement of lawsuits claiming injury from the painkiller Vioxx. Administrators have enough records to review about 9,100 of those claims. Partners in the Read More

Mr David wants the Government to put into practice a commitment to pressurise the drug company for compensation. He said: “The Government has made a very strong statement on the floor of the House of Commons that they need to put into practice. “They Read More

WASHINGTON - Vermont musician Diana Levine won a $6.8 million judgment against drug maker Wyeth after having part of her right arm amputated in 2000 when an antinausea drug was improperly injected. But Wyeth has appealed to the Supreme Court, setting Read More

Detroit —- Toyota Motor Corp. could overtake General Motors Corp. in monthly U.S. sales for the first time in June, but the victory could be hollow as the weak economy continues to pummel the auto industry and even Toyota struggles to meet U.S Read More

NEW ORLEANS : More than 59,000 people have registered claims against drugmaker Merck & Co. for injury from painkiller Vioxx, and administrators have enough records to review about 9,100 of those claims. With two deadlines early next week in the $4.85 Read More

Victoria Macdonald is the social affairs correspondent covering health, welfare, education and social issues - everything from McDonald’s to mental health and the NHS computer crisis. Victoria joined Channel 4 News as its social affairs correspondent Read More

Vermont musician Diana Levine won a $6.8 million judgment against drugmaker Wyeth after having part of her right arm amputated in 2000 when an anti-nausea drug was improperly injected. But Wyeth has appealed the case to the Supreme Court, setting up Read More

LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency said on Thursday it had concluded that Merck & Co’s (MRK.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) Arcoxia can be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis but with Read More

Nearly two decades after the Exxon Valdez spilled millions of gallons of oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the Supreme Court ordered that punitive damages paid by the oil company should not exceed the compensatory damages it paid. That ruling Read More

WASHINGTON - Vermont musician Diana Levine won a $6.8 million judgment against drug maker Wyeth after having part of her right arm amputated in 2000 when an antinausea drug was improperly injected. But Wyeth has appealed to the Supreme Court, setting Read More

Older women will now have to wait longer to be vaccinated against cervical cancer. U.S. regulators denied Merck & Co.’s application to market Gardasil to women ages 27 through 45. In a letter to Merck, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said its Read More

Nearly two decades after the Exxon Valdez spilled millions of gallons of oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the Supreme Court ordered that punitive damages paid by the oil company should not exceed the compensatory damages it paid. That ruling Read More

Vermont musician Diana Levine won a $6.8 million judgment against drugmaker Wyeth after having part of her right arm amputated in 2000 when an anti-nausea drug was improperly injected. But Wyeth has appealed the case to the Supreme Court, setting up Read More

Vermont musician Diana Levine won a $6.8 million judgment against drug-maker Wyeth after having part of her right arm amputated in 2000 when an anti-nausea drug was improperly injected. But Wyeth has appealed the case to the Supreme Court, setting up Read More

WASHINGTON - Vermont musician Diana Levine won a $6.8 million judgment against drug maker Wyeth after having part of her right arm amputated in 2000 when an antinausea drug was improperly injected. But Wyeth has appealed to the Supreme Court, setting Read More

Nearly two decades after the Exxon Valdez spilled millions of gallons of oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the Supreme Court ordered that punitive damages paid by the oil company should not exceed the compensatory damages it paid. That ruling Read More

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UPDATE 1-Merck cancer vaccine not cleared for older women Reuters - Jun 25, 2008 … has been one of Merck's most successful newer products and has helped the company recover after the 2004 withdrawal of its Vioxx arthritis treatment. … FDA: Older Women Can't Use Gardasil Vaccine RedOrbit FDA Denies Merck Expanded Gardasil Approval For Older Women InjuryBoard.com all 103 news articles

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Will Women Give Hormone Maker A Second Chance? AlterNet, CA - Jun 24, 2008 Unfortunately, instead of a green light to market Pristiq for menopause last July, the FDA — also once bitten after Vioxx, Avandia and Vytroin — said to …

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Duelling benches Globe and Mail, Canada - Jun 25, 2008 Chief Justice John Klebuc expanded a multijurisdictional class action in Saskatchewan to pull in Canadians in nine provinces who took the painkiller Vioxx, …

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Taxpayers paid for 80% of the medical bills from Vioxx… Tort Deform, NY - Jun 24, 2008 I’m sitting in a conference right now regarding the status of the settlement for the ~50000 Vioxx cases. One of the things that has to be resolved before …

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The great pendulum of American economic outrage moves back and forth over time between anger at big government and anger at big business. For almost thirty years, big government has been the target — starting with Ronald Reagan’s admonition that Read More

When it comes to class actions, no one involved in shaping the law wants to see Canada make the same mistakes as the United States. Opening the door to forum shopping would be high on the list. That’s what makes a recent decision by the Chief Justice Read More

NEW YORK - U.S. regulators have told Merck & Co they cannot yet approve Merck’s application to expand marketing of its cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to an older group of women, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. Merck had applied for the use of Read More

Will Women Give Hormone Maker A Second Chance? AlterNet, CA - Jun 24, 2008 Unfortunately, instead of a green light to market Pristiq for menopause last July, the FDA — also once bitten after Vioxx, Avandia and Vytroin — said to …

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Death By Prescription Black Hills Today, SD - Jun 23, 2008 The introduction of Vioxx followed shortly by Celebrex in 1998 allowed us to enter the world of these COX-2 anti-inflammatory drugs. …

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Duelling benches Globe and Mail, Canada - 20 hours ago Chief Justice John Klebuc expanded a multijurisdictional class action in Saskatchewan to pull in Canadians in nine provinces who took the painkiller Vioxx, …

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Merck's Gardasil not cleared for older women Reuters - 5 hours ago … has been one of Merck's most successful newer products and has helped the company recover after the 2004 withdrawal of its Vioxx arthritis treatment. …

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