Category: Legal Case Updates
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Merck’s General Counsel Comments On Humeston Vioxx Verdict in NJ
Kenneth Frazier: Merck’s Vioxx Strategy Is To Defend Each Case, Not Settle On November 3, 2005, Merck’s General Counsel Kenneth Frazier commented on the New Jersey Vioxx defense verdict in the Humeston v. Merck…
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Merck Prevails In Its First New Jersey Vioxx Trial
Humeston Case Ends with Defense Verdict for Merck Merck & Co. got what it wanted in its first New Jersey Vioxx trial: a defense verdict. On November 3, 2005, a New Jersey state court…
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Wyeth Wins Latest Three Fen-Phen Diet-Drug Cases
Several Hundred Fen-Phen Cases Still Pending and Headed to Trial On October 31, 2005 the drug company Wyeth announced that it had won the latest three fen-phen diet-drug cases: Lee Ann Brunson v. Wyeth;…
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New Jersey / NJ Vioxx Trial: Humeston Case Goes to Jury After Closing Arguments
Humeston v. Merck Verdict: Will The Jury Weigh In For The Plaintiff or Defense? Today, after a seven-week trial, a New Jersey state court jury in the Humeston v. Merck Vioxx case should hear…
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1500 New Vioxx Lawsuits Filed Against Merck Since Late August
3,481 NJ Vioxx Cases, 2625 MDL Cases, 450 "Others": October 2005 AP Report Reporter Linda A. Johnson, through the Associated Press ("AP"), informed us on October 13, 2005 that Merck now faces more than…
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Merck’s Kenneth Frazier and Congressman Waxman Differ Over “The Lessons of Vioxx”
Merck’s General Counsel Frazier Takes Issue With Congressman Henry Waxman’s June 2005 NEJM Article In the September 29, 2005 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine ("NEJM") is a letter to the editor…
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Even One Day of Vioxx Use Can Cause Heart Attack or Stroke Says Expert
Dr. Benedict Lucchesi Testifies at Humeston Vioxx Trial in New Jersey Dr. Benedict Lucchesi, a prominent heart and medication expert from the University of Michigan, told the jury hearing evidence at the Humeston Vioxx…
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Federal Authorities Investigating Suspected Fraud in Fen-phen Class Action Settlement
Some Claimants’ Lawyers May Have Submitted Bogus Heart-damage Claims The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia and the FBI are investigating allegations of fraud in the $5 billion fen-phen class action settlement. The federal investigators…
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Will Merck Settle Some of the Vioxx Cases, or Is This True Hardball?
Can Merck’s Lawyers Defend Against Each of the Thousands of Vioxx Cases? Alex Berenson, of the New York Times ("NYT"), reported that in an August 25, 2005 interview Merck’s general counsel Kenneth C. Frazier…
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Vioxx: Merck Has No Plans for a Global Settlement Says General Counsel Frazier
Merck Will Continue to Fight Each Vioxx Lawsuit, Including Humeston Case in NJ Merck & Co.’s General Counsel Kenneth Frazier reiterated in the first part of September 2005 that Merck has no interest in…