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Vioxx Recall: The
international prescription drug company
Merck announced in September 2004 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.
Vioxx
Trial: Patients
who have suffered injuries due to Vioxx
have filed litigation against Merck for
selling Vioxx even though Merck allegedly
was aware of Vioxx's dangerous
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Vioxx Heart Attack Risk & Personal Injury Lawyers - Press
Articles
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are summaries of press articles on the Vioxx trials and Vioxx class action.
For a concise review of the Vioxx recall
and how patients with Vioxx side effects may file a Vioxx lawsuit and obtain
compensation, please visit
our main page. |
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| April 17, 2008 |
International
Herald-Tribune, "Merck
wrote drug studies for doctors" |
Merck
drafted dozens of research studies for a best-selling
drug, then lined up prestigious doctors to put their
names on the reports before publication. More... |
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| November 9, 2007 |
San Francisco
Chronicle, "Merck
to Pay $4.85B Vioxx Settlement" |
Merck & Co.
said Friday it will pay $4.85 billion to end thousands
of state and federal lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx
in one of the largest drug settlements ever. Company
officials estimated the deal, if accepted, would end
45,000 to 50,000 personal injury lawsuits involving
U.S. Vioxx users who suffered a heart attack or ischemic
stroke, the type in which blood flow to the brain is
blocked. More... |
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| November 9, 2007 |
New York Times, "Merck Agrees to Pay $4.85 Billion for Vioxx Claims" |
Three years after withdrawing its pain medication Vioxx from the market, Merck announced today that it will pay $4.85 billion to settle 27,000 lawsuits by people who contend they or their family members suffered injury or died after taking the drug. More... |
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| March 13, 2007 |
First Coast
News, "Vioxx
Jury Awards $47.5M to Idaho Couple" |
Merck & Co.'s
painkiller Vioxx contributed to an Idaho postal worker's
heart attack, a jury in Atlantic City ruled Monday,
reversing the verdict in the man's first trial and
hitting Merck with a total of $47.5 million in damages.
In one of Merck's biggest losses over the drug so far,
the jurors awarded the man and his wife $20 million
in compensatory damages Monday morning, then later
said Merck should pay $27.5 million in punitive damages. More... |
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| Lieff Cabraser: Experienced Product Liability Lawyers |
| Founded in 1972, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP is an over fifty attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New
York and Nashville. For the last five years, the National Law Journal has
recognized Lieff Cabraser as one of the top plaintiffs’ law firms
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| 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. |
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| Trademark Notice |
| "Vioxx" is
a registered trademark of Merck. Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP is in no way affiliated with Merck, and the Vioxx
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Merck
Agrees to Resolve U.S. VIOXX® Product
Liability Lawsuits
November 9, 2007
Merck & Co., Inc.
announced that
it has entered into
an agreement to resolve
state and federal myocardial
infarction (MI) and
ischemic stroke claims
already filed against
the Company in the
United States. More... |
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