Category: Legal Case Updates
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Merck Settlement For Vioxx Cases Said To Be Several Years Away
UPDATE: Global Settlement Offer Made By Merck To End Vioxx Litigation According To November 9, 2007 News Reports Merck Agrees to Settle Vioxx Suits for $4.85 Billion (NY Times) Merck Is Expected to Announce…
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Ortho Evra: More Women Sue J&J Over Birth Control Patch
Lawsuits Allege Serious Blood Clots Conditions Such As Pulmonary Embolism, With One Young Woman Dying From Using Ortho Evra In early November 2006 two new California Ortho Evra lawsuits were filed in San Francisco…
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Vioxx: Judge Higbee Sets 39 Vioxx Lawsuits For 2007 Trial Dates
Consolidated Trials For Groups Of Individual Cases Is Possibility By way of The Philadelphia Inquirer we learned on July 28, 2006 that Bloomberg News is reporting 8,800 Vioxx lawsuits have been filed against Merck…
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Recent Developments In The Federal Court Vioxx MDL Litigation
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">UPDATE: Global Settlement Offer Made By Merck To End Vioxx Litigation According To November 9, 2007 News Reports</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/business/09merck.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin">Merck Agrees to Settle Vioxx Suits for $4.85 Billion </a>(NY Times)</p>…
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First California Vioxx Trial Started On June 21: Grossberg v. Merck
Trial Consists Of Only Single Case, Not The Four-Case Group Judge Chaney Had Scheduled A June 21, 2006 article in the San Jose Mercury News reported that the first Vioxx trial in California started…
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Cox-2 Drugs Increase Risk Of Second Heart Attack Or Death When Used After First Heart Attack
Will June 2006 Circulation Article Affect Lawsuits Involving Bextra, Celebrex, And Vioxx? In mid-June 2006 the medical journal Circulation published online an early-release version of a study which reveals that Bextra, Celebrex, and Vioxx…
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Birth Control Patch Lawsuits Being Settled Early By Johnson & Johnson
Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch Causes Blood Clots Resulting In Strokes, Heart Attacks, Pulmonary Embolism, And Deep Vein Thrombosis According to a May 16, 2006 article in the New Jersey Law Journal, Johnson & Johnson…
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Already Poor Visibility In The Vioxx Litigation Seemingly Gets Worse
What Do The Latest Vioxx Study Results Mean, And What Will Merck Do? The assertions, claims, and interpretations about what the new data from the so-called "Approve" study means regarding any increased risk of…
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Did Merck Fail To Warn About Fosamax Side Effects?
Osteoporosis Drug Fosamax Associated With Reports Of Osteonecrosis Of Jaw Merck & Co. allegedly failed to warn doctors and patients in a timely manner about osteonecrosis of the jaw (rotting of the jaw bone),…
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Punitive Damages Award Brings McDarby Verdict to $13.5 Million
How Did Merck Lose A Critical Vioxx Trial In New Jersey, Its "Home Court"? On April 5, 2006 the jury in John McDarby v. Merck & Co., Inc. awarded Mr. McDarby and his wife…