Lawyers for Vioxx users seek changes to pact
Friday, December 21, 2007
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Lawyers for Vioxx users seek changes to pact
Friday, December 21, 2007
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Vioxx plaintiffs can settle or lose lawyer: report
Friday, November 16, 2007
An unusual provision in Merck & Co Inc's settlement agreement concerning the painkiller Vioxx means...
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Merck agrees to pay $4.85 bln in Vioxx settlement
Friday, November 09, 2007
Merck & Co has agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle most of the claims that its painkiller Vioxx...
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U.S. senator asks FDA about internal Avandia vote
Monday, October 29, 2007
A senior Republican lawmaker asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to confirm that an internal...
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Top doc urges restraint in adopting new technology
Thursday, October 04, 2007
The top heart doctor at the Cleveland Clinic, known for its innovation in cardiac medicine, has...
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U.S. reviews osteoporosis drugs' effect on heart
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
U.S. regulators said on Monday they were reviewing whether certain osteoporosis drugs, including...
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New York State, New York City sue Merck over Vioxx
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
The state and city of New York on Monday filed suit against Merck & Co Inc, claiming the drugmaker...
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Merck wins reversal of Vioxx class-action status
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Merck & Co Inc said on Thursday the New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that...
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Study says Vioxx danger begins earlier than stated
Thursday, July 26, 2007
The increased heart risk from Vioxx, Merck & Co's withdrawn arthritis medicine, begins much earlier...
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Less money or new trial offered in Vioxx case: WSJ
Thursday, June 07, 2007
A U.S. federal judge gave a plaintiff in a Vioxx product liability case a choice of a retrial or a...
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New study adds to worries about diabetes drug class
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Another study has found that diabetes drugs intended to help patients live longer, healthier lives...
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Senate clears prescription drug safety bill
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Wednesday to give the government new powers to police side...
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US health plans back greater scrutiny of new drugs
Thursday, April 19, 2007
U.S. health insurers, whose patient records helped uncover heart risks of the withdrawn arthritis...
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Merck investors to appeal of Vioxx lawsuit ruling
Monday, April 16, 2007
Merck & Co. Inc. investors who sued over the company's disclosures about its withdrawn painkiller,...
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U.S. panel rejects Merck's Vioxx successor
Friday, April 13, 2007
Merck & Co Inc.'s successor to the recalled pain reliever Vioxx should not be approved, a U.S....
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Merck urges U.S. panel to back Vioxx successor
Thursday, April 12, 2007
A pain reliever in the same family as the recalled drug Vioxx should be approved to provide an...
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Investors bet on Cephalon drug, but risks abound
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Cephalon Inc. is expected to win approval for a tweaked version of its sleep disorder drug Provigil...
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Merck's Vioxx did not cause woman's death: jury
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
An Illinois jury on Tuesday found Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx did not cause a...
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NJ jury awards plaintiff $20 mln in Vioxx case
Monday, March 12, 2007
A New Jersey jury found on Monday that Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx was...
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NJ judge upholds jury's Vioxx verdict
Monday, March 05, 2007
A New Jersey judge backed a jury's verdict that Merck & Co. properly warned doctors of the safety...
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FDA drops plan for prescription drug watch list
Monday, March 05, 2007
U.S. health officials said on Friday they had dropped plans to keep a public list of prescription...
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New Jersey jury splits on two Merck Vioxx cases
Friday, March 02, 2007
A New Jersey jury found on Friday that Merck & Co. failed to provide adequate warnings about health...
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Rofecoxib reduces colorectal adenomas
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
The cyclo-oxygenase (COX) -2 inhibitor rofecoxib significantly reduces the risk of colorectal...
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LA judge declares mistrial in Vioxx case
Friday, January 19, 2007
A Los Angeles judge on Thursday declared mistrials in the cases of two men who blame Merck & Co.'s...
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Merck faces retrial, grieving sister in Vioxx trial
Friday, January 19, 2007
Merck & Co. faces a woman who blames its withdrawn pain drug Vioxx for her brother's death and the...
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N.J. appeals court reinstates Vioxx lawsuit
Thursday, January 18, 2007
A New Jersey appeals court has revived a lawsuit that sought to force drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. to...
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Pfizer shares at risk following heart-drug failure
Monday, December 04, 2006
With the sudden failure of torcetrapib, Pfizer Inc.'s most important experimental product, financial...
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US judge denies class status in Merck Vioxx cases
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion for class-action status for personal injury and...
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Pain drugs may raise risk of kidney failure
Friday, November 03, 2006
The use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs ("NSAID"), which include pain relievers like...
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Arthritis drugs have similar risks and benefits
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
The two main types of drugs used to treat osteoarthritis offer the same pain-relief benefits and...
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Vioxx risks confirmed by new studies
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
The use of Vioxx (rofecoxib), the anti-inflammatory drug at the center of many high-profile...
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Findings confirm risks with rofecoxib use
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Use of rofecoxib (Vioxx), the drug at the center of many high-profile lawsuits, does, in fact,...
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Merck wins Vioxx case in Los Angeles
Thursday, August 03, 2006
A Los Angeles jury gave Merck & Co. Inc. another court victory on Wednesday when it found the...
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Vioxx user already had heart problems, court hears
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
A lawyer for Merck & Co. told a jury on Tuesday that a 68-year-old New Jersey woman's previous...
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Rofecoxib but not other coxibs tied to cardiovascular risks
Friday, June 02, 2006
Alone among selective cyclo-oxygenase 2 inhibitors (coxibs) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory...
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Polemic intensifies as Merck & Co admits Vioxx study error
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Merck & Co Inc has admitted it made a mistake in the description of how it analysed key data in a...
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Vioxx risk seen with short-term use
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Merck & Co. Inc. has provided new data to U.S. regulators showing that all patients who took the...
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Study shows how painkillers raise heart risk
Friday, April 14, 2006
Painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors may increase the risk of heart attacks by raising blood pressure...
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FACTBOX -- Vioxx lawsuits against Merck
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
A jury in the latest trial against drug maker Merck & Co. Inc. is deliberating the case of two New...
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Court upholds Vioxx class action against Merck
Friday, March 31, 2006
A New Jersey appellate court on Friday upheld a judge's decision to certify a national class action...
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Length of time using Vioxx seen key in Merck trial
Friday, March 03, 2006
Opening arguments in the next Vioxx liability trial start on Monday as Merck & Co. faces the lone...
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Popular heart surgery drug linked to heart attacks
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Patients scheduled for heart surgery might want to ask their surgeon not to use a clotting drug...
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Medical journal says Merck deleted Vioxx dangers
Friday, December 09, 2005
A prestigious medical journal on Thursday said Merck & Co. withheld information about the dangers of...
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