Merck suffers over new Vioxx trial payout (Vioxx trial)
Merck suffers over new Vioxx trial payout
NEW YORK - Merck and Co. took a hit from investors and analysts Thursday after a jury ordered the US drugs giant to pay 4.5 million dollars to a man who blamed the firm's medication Vioxx for his heart attack.
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Jury Begins Deliberations in Vioxx Trial
A jury began deliberating Tuesday in the case of two New Jersey men who say Vioxx was responsible for their heart attacks and that manufacturer Merck & Co. engaged in "unconscionable commercial practices" in marketing the painkiller.
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Merck Vioxx Jury in New Jersey Says It Reached Verdict
April 5 (Bloomberg) -- A jury said it reached a verdict in a trial over whether Merck & Co.'s painkiller Vioxx was responsible for two men's heart attacks.
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Box: Latest Vioxx Verdict From New Jersey
THE VERDICTS: A New Jersey jury awards one man $4.5 million damages, and another only $45, in a Vioxx liability trial that focused on two heart attack victims' long-term use of the once-popular painkiller.
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Judge refuses to halt jury hearing in punitive phase of Vioxx trial
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A judge rejected on Friday a Merck & Co. lawyer's request that she halt a jury hearing on possible punitive damages for a former Vioxx user who had a heart attack after using the painkiller for four years.
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Jury awards $4.5 mln in Vioxx verdict against Merck
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - Jurors in Merck & Co.'s MRK.N Vioxx trial awarded $4.5 million on Wednesday to a 77-year-old New Jersey man after finding the painkiller contributed to his heart attack, casting doubts on the strategy Merck will use in thousands of other suits over the drug.
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Ex-FDA official ends testimony in Vioxx trial
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - An former official from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday said Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N properly submitted all information on its Vioxx drug to the regulators, ending testimony in the punitive phase of the product liability trial.
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New Jersey Vioxx Trial Set to Close
In final pitches to the jury, lawyers for Merck & Co. and two men suing over its troubled arthritis drug Vioxx were to present summations Monday as the four-week trial neared a close.
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