Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Vioxx online - Jury: Merck liable for man's heart attack


Jury: Merck liable for man's heart attack
BusinessWeek - Apr 6, 2006... seemed intent Wednesday on sticking to its strategy of trying the Vioxx cases one ... Home Equity and Mortgage Loans - E-LOAN Online Lenders Offer Home Equity Loans ...
Source: www.businessweek.com

7 Stocks You Need To Know For Tomorrow
Trading Markets, CA - Apr 6, 2006... decided that Merck (MRK) must pay $4.5 million to a man after finding that Vioxx was the ... Google (GOOG) and Craigslist are entering the online real estate market ...
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Box: Latest Vioxx verdict from New Jersey
BusinessWeek - Apr 5, 2006... The decision could spell trouble for the Whitehouse Station, NJ-based company in future cases involving long-term Vioxx use. ... Free Online Class. ...
Source: www.businessweek.com

Jury: Merck liable for man's heart attack
BusinessWeek - Apr 5, 2006... It was the second Vioxx trial in New Jersey, where more than 5,000 suits ... With Zions Direct, do your own online research and buying, and eliminate broker fees ...
Source: www.businessweek.com

Business notebook
Boston Globe, United States - Apr 5, 2006... by Sky Technologies LLC over software for negotiating complex contracts online by licensing ... the case of two New Jersey men who say that Vioxx was responsible ...
Source: www.boston.com

Drug Companies Revisit Ad Campaigns
Los Angeles Times, CA - Mar 14, 2006... to a survey last year by Harris Interactive for the Wall Street Journal Online. ... on brand advertising can be tied to the lack of ads for Vioxx and Pfizer's ...
Source: www.latimes.com

Digest: Vioxx trial yields $9 million in punitive damages; IRS ...
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), TX - 5 hours ago... The drug company faces about 9,650 Vioxx cases in state and federal courts. ... Paypal enables individuals and businesses to send and receive money online. ...
Source: www.statesman.com

News Fakers
AlterNet, CA - Apr 8, 2006... a man who had a heart attack as a result of taking Vioxx, getting millions ... They are doing an online action at freepress.net which will allow people to complain ...
Source: www.alternet.org

Americas: Retailers lead shares lower
International Herald Tribune, France - Apr 7, 2006... that the drug maker Merck had lost a jury verdict over its Vioxx painkiller. ... The online music service Napster rose 51 cents to $3.88 on a slimmer quarterly loss ...
Source: www.iht.com

Monday, April 10, 2006

New AARNet Mirror Online From Today (Vioxx online)


New AARNet Mirror Online From Today
SmartOffice, Australia - 16 hours agoAustralia's Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has revamped its open source mirror service upping the hardware ante and giving the server multi-gigabit ...
Source: www.smartofficenews.com.au

Macintosh Online Casino Service Launches
Online Casino News, CT - 23 minutes ago... Until recently, the only people playing online poker were Windows users. Over the past half year, numerous online poker rooms have ...
Source: www.onlinecasinonews.com

Health care company to merge with online pharmacy
Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL - 6 hours agoVitalTrust Solutions currently has two subsidiaries, VitalTrust Technologies, which focuses on delivering health care technology solutions and services to the ...
Source: tampabay.bizjournals.com

Poughkeepsie man admits trying to lure minors online
Poughkeepsie Journal, NY - 3 hours agoWHITE PLAINS - An assistant principal admitted today he used his work computer at a New York City high school to try to lure minors over the Internet into ...
Source: www.poughkeepsiejournal.com

United Online Buys MyPoints
TheStreet.com - 10 minutes agoMyPoints, which has 100 employees, has 1.4 million active members who gain rewards by filling out surveys about their online shopping. ...
Source: www.thestreet.com

New Tecumseth Free Press Online
New Tecumseh Free Press, Canada - 5 hours agoNew Tecumseth Free Press Online welcomes and reads letters to the editor reflecting the diverse views of all readers. Letters on ...
Source: www.madhunt.com

MySpace.com to post ads aimed at promoting online safety
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 1 hour agoLOS ANGELES - Popular online social networking hub MySpace.com on Monday said it will begin displaying public service ads aimed at educating its users, many of ...
Source: www.mercurynews.com

Get Lost online--for free
TV.com, CA - 35 minutes agoABC will make four top shows available as free streams on the Web. But you'll have to watch the ads. Disney announced three major ...
Source: www.tv.com

Merck Draws (Vioxx online) Split Decision


Merck Draws Split Decision
Street.Com - Jurors in Atlantic City, N.J. issued a split verdict Wednesday, saying that Merck's ( MRK :NYSE - news - research - Cramer's Take ) arthritis drug Vioxx was a "substantial factor" in the heart attack of one man but that it didn't cause the heart
Source: www.thestreet.com

Maximum 4 weeks to see arthritis specialist, guidelines urge
Globe and Mail - Canadians suspected of having rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory joint conditions should be seen by a specialist within four weeks, and, if necessary, begin treatment immediately. That is just one of a dozen sweeping recommendations
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com

Merck Must Pay $4.5M In Vioxx Case
CBS News - (AP) The verdict capped a monthlong trial in which lawyers for Cona and McDarby laid out now-familiar accusations that Merck rushed the drug to market in a losing battle against competitor Celebrex and actively ignored evidence it was causing
Source: www.cbsnews.com

Ex-FDA official ends testimony in Vioxx trial
MSN MoneyCentral - ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - An former official from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday said Merck & Co. Inc. properly submitted all information on its Vioxx drug to the regulators, ending testimony in the punitive phase of the
Source: moneycentral.msn.com

Jury finds company liable in Vioxx trial
Los Angeles Daily News - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A jury found Merck & Co. liable on Wednesday for one of two former Vioxx users' heart attacks in a split verdict that awarded $4.5 million in damages to one of the plaintiffs. The state jury found the company failed to
Source: www.dailynews.com

Summary of developments in Vioxx trial
BusinessWeek - APR. 7 6:37 P.M. ET THE CASE: Jurors are trying to determine whether Vioxx manufacturer Merck & Co. should pay John McDarby $4.5 million in damages punitive damages for failing to warn of the drug's risks. FRIDAY'S DEVELOPMENTS: The judge denied a
Source: www.businessweek.com

Former CEO denies Merck withheld information about Vioxx from FDA
Philadelphia Inquirer - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - In his first appearance in a Vioxx trial, the former chief executive of Merck & Co. insisted Thursday that the company was up front about the safety risks of its troubled arthritis drug during his tenure - despite a jury verdict
Source: www.philly.com

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Vioxx online - Snap poll drive goes online


Snap poll drive goes online
Philippine Star, Philippines - Apr 7, 2006... BWM), an umbrella organization of groups and individuals calling for President Arroyo�s resignation or ouster, has launched an online signature drive calling ...
Source: www.philstar.com

New online exhibit focuses on assassination of Martin Luther King ...
NewMadridMO.com, MO - 18 hours ago... murder on April 4, 1968. The online exhibit, named �Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination Investigation,� consists of crime ...
Source: www.newmadridmo.com

Online database to share patient records with doctors, hospitals
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Apr 7, 2006WICHITA, Kan. - State officials on Friday unveiled a new online database that could eventually allow hospitals and physicians to access medical records for ...
Source: www.belleville.com

Hollywood goes online. Sex Addicts, stay home
WorldChanging - Apr 7, 2006Spurred by iTunes� recent success offering television programming for download, Hollywood is jumping into online movie distribution. ...
Source: www.worldchanging.com

Online scammers targeting job Web sites
Greensboro News Record, NC - Apr 8, 2006... a background check. More often, though, online crooks skip the identity part and head straight for the theft. They commit fraud ...
Source: www.news-record.com