Vioxx judge lets (Vioxx information) punitive case go on

Vioxx judge lets (Vioxx information) punitive case go on

Vioxx judge lets punitive case go on
Belleville News-Democrat - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A judge rejected on Friday a Merck & Co. lawyer's request that she halt a jury hearing on possible punitive damages for a former Vioxx user who had a heart attack after using the painkiller for four years. On Wednesday, the jury
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Ex-CEO denies Merck hid info
Pasadena Star-News - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The former CEO of Merck & Co. on Thursday denied a plaintiff lawyer's suggestions that the drugmaker withheld information about the safety of its painkiller Vioxx from the Food and Drug Administration. Former CEO Raymond
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Vioxx Jury Splits in Suits by 2 Heart Patients One Plaintiff and Wife
Washington Post - A New Jersey jury ordered Merck & Co. yesterday to pay $4.5 million in the case of a man who blamed the firm's Vioxx painkiller for his heart attack, but rejected a similar claim from a second plaintiff who had taken the drug for less time and
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Former CEO denies Merck withheld data on safety of Vioxx
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - 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. Former CEO Raymond
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Hearing to proceed on Vioxx damages
NW Arkansas Times - ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. — A judge rejected on Friday a Merck & Co. lawyer’s request that she halt a jury hearing on possible punitive damages for a former Vioxx user who had a heart attack after using the painkiller for four years. On Wednesday, the
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Questions and answers on Vioxx verdict
Courier-Post - Howard M. Erichson of Seton Hall University School of Law responded to questions about Merck & Co.'s product liability lawsuit settled Wednesday. The jury's decision in Atlantic City was split. It found Merck liable for the role of its drug Vioxx in
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Merck ex-CEO denies hiding Vioxx data from FDA
Reuters - ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - Merck & Co.'s 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
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