Archive for January, 2008

Boston Globe - For example, Vioxx became a best-selling drug after federal regulators approved the painkiller in 1999 based on clinical studies showed it was effective and safe. Later - after the drug hit the market and was being used by millions of people …

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Reuters - Merck & Co (MRK.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) is the subject of a federal grand-jury investigation into its sales and marketing practices for painkiller Vioxx. * Google Inc’s (GOOG.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) net rose 17 percent on surging online-ad …

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Merck posted a $1.63 billion fourth-quarter loss on Wednesday as charges for its Vioxx litigation settlement dragged down results and share prices.

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Bloomberg - If the FDA says the painkiller Vioxx is safe, for example, why let a bunch of cowboy jurors in Texas say otherwise? Preemption has never been absolute, to the consternation of business interests (like me). In fact, the presumption has …

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Merck posted a $1.63 billion fourth-quarter loss on Wednesday as charges for its Vioxx litigation settlement dragged down results and share prices.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hundreds of Florida residents who claim the painkiller Vioxx caused their strokes or heart attacks were squeezed out of a federal court settlement and should be included, their lawyers say. If the motion they filed in U.S. District Court succeeds, people in a half-dozen other states…

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Merck & Co. on Tuesday posted a $1.63 billion loss in the fourth quarter as whopping charges, mainly for its Vioxx litigation settlement, dragged down results. The maker of allergy and asthma pill Singulair and osteoporosis treatment Fosamax said the net loss amounted to 75 cents…

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Atlanta Journal Constitution - Merck & Co. on Wednesday posted a $1.63 billion loss in the fourth quarter as whopping charges, mainly for its Vioxx litigation settlement, dragged down results. The maker of allergy and asthma pill Singulair and osteoporosis treatment Fosamax said …

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News.com.au - … of Merck and Co fell 4.6 per cent to $US45.79 and led declines on the Dow and S&P 500 after the drug maker reported disappointing fourth-quarter sales and a loss due to charges from a costly settlement related to its withdrawn arthritis drug, Vioxx. …

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TRENTON, N.J. — Merck & Co. posted a $1.63 billion fourth-quarter loss Wednesday as a whopping charge for its Vioxx litigation settlement dragged down results.

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