Saturday, April 08, 2006
Box: Latest Vioxx Verdict (Vioxx celebrex) From New Jersey
Box: Latest Vioxx Verdict From New Jersey
THE VERDICTS: A New Jersey jury awards one man $4.5 million damages, and another only $45, in a Vioxx liability trial that focused on two heart attack victims' long-term use of the once-popular painkiller.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Jury Continues Deliberations in Vioxx Case
A jury weighing two former Vioxx users' cases against Merck & Co. and its withdrawn painkiller, Vioxx, continued deliberations for a second day Wednesday.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Merck ex-CEO denies hiding Vioxx data from FDA
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - Merck & Co.'s MRK.N former chief executive denied the company hid data on Vioxx from regulators as he took the stand on Thursday before a jury that will decide whether to award punitive damages to a man who said the painkiller caused his heart attack.
Source: go.reuters.com
Merck Shares Fall After Losing Vioxx Trial
Shares of Merck Fall 4 Percent After Losing New Jersey Vioxx Trial
Source: abcnews.go.com
Jury awards $4.5M in Vioxx case
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A jury has found U.S. drug company Merck & Co. liable for one of two former Vioxx users' heart attacks in a split verdict that awarded $4.5 million in damages to one of the plaintiffs.
Source: www.cnn.com
US jury awards $4.5 mn in Vioxx case
They're called painkillers, but some of them it seems can be killing you softly. A US jury has found drug manufacturer Merck liable for concealing the dangers of its once-popular painkiller Vioxx.
Source: www.ndtv.com
Analysts Unsettled by Marketing of Vioxx
Although a New Jersey jury spared Merck & Co. a double hit to the pocketbook, analysts are concerned that its negative findings on the marketing of Vioxx could continue to hurt the company as it defends itself against almost 10,000 lawsuits filed by users of the now-pulled arthritis drug.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Merck suffers over new Vioxx trial payout
NEW YORK - Merck and Co. took a hit from investors and analysts Thursday after a jury ordered the US drugs giant to pay 4.5 million dollars to a man who blamed the firm's medication Vioxx for his heart attack.
Source: www.turkishpress.com
Ex-CEO denies Merck withheld Vioxx data
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. The former CEO of Merck & Co. on Thursday denied a plaintiff lawyer's suggestions that the drug maker withheld information about the safety of its painkiller Vioxx from the Food and Drug Administration.
Source: feeds.sun-sentinel.com
Merck stock tumbles after Vioxx verdict
Merck stock tumbled Thursday, a day after the nation's No. 2 drugmaker was found liable for the heart attack of a New Jersey man who took Vioxx and a jury awarded $4.5 million in damages.
Source: money.cnn.com
