Category: Legal Case Updates
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First N.J. Vioxx Trial Involving Long-term Use Draws To An End
Will Jury Verdict Be For Plaintiffs Cona And McDarby, or Defendant Merck? The first two Vioxx cases in New Jersey involving long-term Vioxx use, Cona v. Merck and McDarby v. Merck, may have a…
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California Vioxx Cases: First Vioxx Trial To Start In June 2006
Will Judge Chaney Schedule A Single Plaintiff Case Or Multiple Plaintiffs Case? The first Vioxx trial in California is scheduled to start on June 21, 2006, but it is still unknown whether the jury…
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Ortho Evra MDL Cases Assigned to Federal Court Judge Katz in Ohio
Lawsuits Allege Birth Control Patch Causes Harmful Blood Clots On March 1, 2006 U.S. District Judge David A. Katz, of the Northern District of Ohio, was selected to oversee the federal court Ortho Evra…
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Vioxx: VIGOR Study Article: NEJM – Merck Controversy Continues
Study Authors Defend Their Research But NEJM Editors Are Not Convinced In the March 16, 2006 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) are two letters by authors of the…
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Merck Announces 9,650 Vioxx Lawsuits Filed By End Of December 2005
Adds $295 Million To Vioxx Legal Defense Fund For Trials Through 2007 A January 31, 2006 press release issued by Merck & Co. states that 9,650 Vioxx lawsuits had been filed against the company…
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Three Vioxx Trial Dates In Early 2006 For Federal Court MDL
February, March, And April 2006: Vioxx Trials In New Orleans Before Judge Fallon As has been known since early December 2005, a re-trial of the Irvin / Plunkett v. Merck lawsuit will start on…
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Cialis Or Viagra Use After Heart Attack May Increase Blindness Risk
Study To Be Published In February Edition of British Journal of Ophthalmology In mid-January 2006 the British Journal of Ophthalmology issued a statement previewing an American study that suggests there is a link between…
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The Politics Of Tort Reform Bogs Down FDA’s Regulatory Action
New Drug-labeling Rule Bears The Load Of Bush Appointees’ Ideology According to a January 14, 2006 article in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the FDA "is preparing to declare that federally approved medication labels…
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Original “First” Vioxx Trial Will Be Nation’s Fourth: Garza v. Merck, et.al.
Next Vioxx Case Goes to Court Late January 2006 In Starr County, Texas The nation’s fourth Vioxx trial against Merck & Co. concerning its recalled painkiller Vioxx is reportedly set to begin, with jury…
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Global Vioxx Settlement “Unacceptable” To Merck CEO Richard Clark
With Three Vioxx Trials Under Its Belt, Merck Sticks To Its Guns On January 3, 2006 Merck & Co.’s Chief Executive Officer Richard Clark told a Morgan Stanley pharmaceutical conference audience that Merck will…