| Merck ordered to pay $32 million in Vioxx case |
| A state jury found Merck & Co. liable Friday for the death of a 71-year-old man who had a fatal heart attack within a month of taking its painkiller Vioxx and ordered the company to pay $32 million. Merck said it would appeal. [Read More] |
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| Texas plaintiffs seek over $1 bln in Vioxx case |
| Attorneys suing Merck & Co. Inc. for the death of a 71-year-old man who took Vioxx asked a Texas jury on Thursday to award more than $1 billion in damages, but Merck lawyers said the pharmaceuticals company should not have to pay anything. [Read More] |
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| Jury splits verdict in two Vioxx lawsuits |
A state jury found Merck & Co. liable on Wednesday for one of two former Vioxx users' heart attacks and ordered he receive $4.5 million in damages in a closely-watched trial involving two New Jersey men.
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| Vioxx Lawsuit |
| Merck & Co., which lost its first Vioxx product liability case last summer in Texas, on Tuesday said a trial involving another Texas Vioxx user who suffered a fatal heart attack will begin Jan. 24. [Read More] |
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| Vioxx Pulled From Market |
| The large drug manufacturer Merck &. Co., Inc. announced on September 30, 2004 that it would withdraw VIOXX (rofecoxib), its arthritis and acute pain medication, from the market world-wide. [Read More] |
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