Chronology of events surrounding Vioxx and other painkillers (Vioxx lawsuit)
Chronology of events surrounding Vioxx and other painkillers
Courier-Post - December 1998: Food and Drug Administration approves Pfizer Inc.'s Celebrex, the first Cox-2 inhibitor, to treat arthritis. Cox-2 drugs, part of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drug class, inhibit the Cox-2 enzyme, which promotes
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Wal-Mart program to build jobs, firms
Springfield News-Leader - Wal-Mart, often accused by critics of harming local businesses, announced Tuesday it plans to build more than 50 stores in struggling urban neighborhoods over the next two years to create jobs and help small establishments. Chief Executive Lee Scott
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Merck loses Vioxx lawsuit ruling
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - NEW YORK · Merck & Co. suffered a significant legal setback Friday when an appeals court ruled a nationwide class-action lawsuit can go forward that allows health insurers and others to sue to recover the billions of dollars they spent on Vioxx
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Jury splits verdict in Vioxx lawsuit
Salt Lake Tribune - John McDarby, right, shakes hands with his lawyers at the Atlantic County Civil Courts Building Wednesday after a jury found Merck & Co. liable for one of two former Vioxx users' heart attacks. (Jose F. Moreno/The Associated Press) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J
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Business briefs
Northwest Herald - WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary John Snow said Wednesday that the Chinese must be more aggressive in allowing their currency to rise in value against the U.S. dollar, and predicted a gradual improvement over the next year. Snow, testifying before a
Source: www.nwherald.com
Jury to Start Deliberation in Two Vioxx Injury Cases
New York Times - ATLANTIC CITY, April 3 — After a month of testimony, the fourth Vioxx-related personal injury trial ended Monday with well-worn closing arguments from lawyers for Merck and for two men who say the company's drug Vioxx caused their heart attacks
Source: www.nytimes.com
Jury Awards $4.5 Million in Vioxx Case
HealthScout - One of two plaintiffs was awarded $4.5 million in compensatory damages after a New Jersey jury handed down a split verdict Wednesday in a trial involving the once-popular painkiller Vioxx. After two days of deliberations, the jury ruled that drug
Source: www.healthscout.com
New Orleans man drops Vioxx lawsuit
Kansas City Star - NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans man dropped his federal lawsuit claiming that Vioxx caused his heart attack, in part because a judge refused to delay the trial scheduled June 12. Ellis Maximo Diaz' attorney, Bonnie Zakotnik, said there is no way she can
Source: www.kansascity.com
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