Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Court Upholds Class-Action Status Of Vioxx Reimbursement Case (Vioxx prescription)


Court Upholds Class-Action Status Of Vioxx Reimbursement Case
Wall Street Journal (subscription), NY - Mar 31, 2006Merck & Co. faces a potentially damaging class-action lawsuit brought by insurers and other parties that paid for Vioxx taken by millions of patients. ...
Source: online.wsj.com

Plaintiff tells court he didn't know of Vioxx risk
Reuters - Mar 13, 2006... (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday and told the court he would not have taken Vioxx if he had known there were heart risks associated with the ...
Source: today.reuters.com

Court upholds Vioxx class action against Merck
Hindustan Times, India - Mar 31, 2006... judge's decision to certify a national class action against Merck & Co Inc for some cases involving the drugmaker's withdrawn pain medicine Vioxx, a attorneys ...
Source: www.hindustantimes.com

Merck disclosed Vioxx heart risks, court told
Washington Post, United States - Mar 8, 2006... disclosed a report showing that its pain drug Vioxx had heart attack risks and did not try to hide results that could have hurt sales, the company's former ...
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Plaintiff tells court he didn't know of Vioxx risk
Reuters India, India - Mar 13, 2006... on Monday and told the court he would not have taken Vioxx if he had known there were heart risks associated with the arthritis medicine. ...
Source: in.today.reuters.com

Vioxx Cases Near Trial on the West Coast
Texas Lawyer (subscription), TX - Mar 25, 2006The lawyers involved in the first West Coast trial against the maker of Vioxx are butting heads over whether jurors should decide one or more of the cases at ...
Source: www.law.com

Merck: Vioxx not cause of heart attacks
BusinessWeek - Mar 21, 2006... began presenting its side of the Vioxx story to a jury Tuesday, hoping to show that the popular arthritis drug was thoroughly tested before being sold and didn ...
Source: www.businessweek.com

Merck buys drug rights to plug Vioxx sales gap
Crain's New York Business, NY - Mar 20, 2006In a move to fill a huge sales gap left when it pulled Vioxx from the market nearly two years ago, Merck & Co. agreed to pay up ...
Source: www.newyorkbusiness.com

Court upholds Vioxx class action against Merck
Reuters - Mar 31, 2006Inc. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) for some cases involving the drugmaker's withdrawn pain medicine Vioxx, attorneys representing plaintiffs said. ...
Source: today.reuters.com

Merck Seeking Mistrial in Vioxx Trial Over Comments (Update1)
Bloomberg - Mar 31, 2006sought a mistrial today in a case over the company's Vioxx painkiller, claiming a plaintiff's lawyer improperly sought to influence the jury by commenting ...
Source: www.bloomberg.com

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