On September 30, 2004, the international prescription drug company Merck announced the worldwide withdrawal of the arthritis medication Rofecoxib, sold in most countries under the brand name Vioxx, because a study showed an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Patients who have suffered injuries due to Vioxx have filed litigation against Merck for failing to recall the drug when it first learned of Vioxx's dangerous side effects.

To contact in confidence an experienced personal injury attorney at Lieff Cabraser working on the Vioxx lawsuit, click here.

The painkiller Vioxx was marketed throughout the world, sold in many countries under the name Vioxx and in others as Ceoxx. Lieff Cabraser is working with attorneys and solicitors in:

Argentina

Austria

Canada

Ireland

Italy

South Africa

United
Kingdom

and other countries to bring litigation against Merck in U.S. courts for patients suffering heart attacks and strokes from Vioxx. If you are visiting this website from outside the U.S., please click here to contact an attorney regarding your experiences with Vioxx or Ceoxx.

FDA Public Health Advisory: Safety of Vioxx

Excerpt from the FDA's Sept. 17, 2001 letter to Merck about Vioxx:

Additionally, your claim in the press release that Vioxx has a "favorable cardiovascular safety profile," is simply incomprehensible, given the rate of MI [myocardial infarction, or heart attack] and serious cardiovascular events compared to naproxen.

To read the entire September 17, 2001 Warning Letter from the FDA to Merck regarding Vioxx, click here. (Document is in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format).

Contact Lieff Cabraser

If you or a family member have suffered a serious injury or a loved one died after being prescribed Vioxx, you may be eligible to file a claim against Merck.

Please click here to contact an attorney at Lieff Cabraser to discuss your legal rights at no cost or obligation. We will handle all inquiries with the strictest confidentiality and sensitivity.

We also welcome inquiries from counsel considering referring a case. Lieff Cabraser has strong relations with the plaintiffs’ bar across the United States.

Lieff Cabraser: Experienced Product Liability Injury Lawyers

Founded in 1972, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is a nearly sixty attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York, Washington, D.C., Beverly Hills, and Nashville. In 2003 and 2004, the National Law Journal recognized Lieff Cabraser as one of the top 20 plaintiffs’ law firms in America.

For our personal injury cases, we bring a team of experienced lawyers. Each client is assigned a partner and an associate. In addition, we have on staff multiple nurses, legal assistants, scientific analysts and case clerks to assist the attorneys.

We have represented thousands of patients who ingested prescription drugs with dangerous undisclosed side effects, and patients who received defective medical devices in personal injury lawsuits across America, including residents of Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Wyoming.

We look forward to communicating with you and answering any questions you may have. To learn more about the competitive advantages our firm offers clients in personal injury and products liability cases, click here.

Notice on Practice and Statute of Limitations

Lieff Cabraser attorneys provide legal advice and practice law for clients in federal district courts throughout the United States and in state courts where we are licensed to practice. In states in which our lawyers are not licensed to practice, we have affiliations with local attorneys who serve as co-counsel with our firm. Please read our Disclaimer.

Persons seeking to preserve any potential legal claims for allegedly dangerous and/or defective products should contact an attorney promptly because all states have mandatory time periods (called "statutes of limitation") within which lawsuits must be filed. Otherwise, a person's claims may be forever barred. In some states, the statute of limitations period for filing personal injury claims is only one year from the date of injury.

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"Banned Report on Vioxx Published" Los Angeles Times, Jan. 25, 2005

A report on Vioxx risks previously blocked by the FDA was published online Monday after the agency withdrew its opposition. The study found that as many as 140,000 cases of heart disease in the United States and as many as 56,000 deaths were caused by the painkiller Vioxx during the five years that it was on the market.

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Lieff Cabraser has participated in twenty-three $100 million-plus settlements and verdicts. To read a summary, click here.

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