Merck & Co., Inc. said that it is gratified that a Texas appeals court overturned the August 2005 verdict of a state court jury in Brazoria County and rendered a judgment in favor of Merck in the VIOXX product liability case Ernst v. Merck. It was the first VIOXX case to go to trial after the Company voluntarily removed the medicine from the market.

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Adding the novel cancer drug Erbitux to standard chemotherapy helped advanced lung cancer patients live just a month longer than chemo alone, a study found. Although this is the first study to find a survival benefit from a newer, more targeted …

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The major victories for Merck pushed the litigation over Vioxx closer to conclusion and highlighted the difficulty that plaintiffs’ lawyers are having in winning lawsuits against big drug companies.

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Merck & Co., Inc. said that it is gratified that a Texas appeals court overturned the August 2005 verdict of a state court jury in Brazoria County and rendered a judgment in favor of Merck in the VIOXX product liability case Ernst v. Merck. It was …

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Merck & Co. has agreed to pay $58 million to multiple states, including Maryland, to settle allegations that its ads for the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks. The agreement announced yesterday also calls for …

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Merck & Co., Inc. said that it is gratified that a Texas appeals court overturned the August 2005 verdict of a state court jury in Brazoria County and rendered a judgment in favour of Merck in the Vioxx product liability case Ernst v. Merck.

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Carol Ernst, whose 59-year-old husband Bob died of heart problems after taking the drug Vioxx for nine months, must be wondering what it takes to win a verdict in a damages suit these days. After Ernst was awarded a $253 million dollar judgment …

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SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Merck & Co.’s Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. late Friday said it planned to appeal a ruling by a Canadian court expanding the scope of the previously certified class-action lawsuit over its recalled painkiller Vioxx.

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Faced with the threat of losing tens of millions of dollars in federal research money, scientists in Harvard’s sprawling medical empire will collaborate as never before. Under a program announced yesterday, the fiercely competitive Harvard teaching …

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NEWARK, N.J. - Appeals courts in Texas and New Jersey on Thursday scrapped verdicts against drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once-popular painkiller, Vioxx.

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