Category: Legal Case Updates
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Merck Did Not Test Safety of Vioxx on Heart Before it Was Brought to Market in 1999
Merck Epidemiologist Santanello: “At that time we didn’t think there was any risk.” According to The Associated Press (AP), Merck & Co.’s top epidemiologist, Nancy Santanello, gave testimony at the Ernst trial in Texas…
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First Federal Court Vioxx Trial Set for November 2005 in New Orleans
Merck Maintains No "Global Settlement" Stance Despite Thousands of Vioxx Cases Filed to Date U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon, the federal court judge overseeing the Vioxx MDL (Multi-district Litigation), announced on July 19, 2005…
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First Vioxx Lawsuit Trial Starts in Brazoria County, Texas: Ernst vs. Merck
Vioxx Trial in Texas Expected to Be at Least Five Weeks Before Jury Verdict Merck & Co. is currently engaged in the first trial of a lawsuit involving Vioxx, and there are thousands of…
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Vioxx Trial Scheduled for July 11 in Texas Given Green Light
Texas Judge Denies Merck’s Request to Delay First Vioxx Case On July 5, 2005 a Texas judge declined a request by lawyers for Merck & Co. to postpone the nation’s first Vioxx trial, which…
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Congressman Henry Waxman’s June 2005 NEJM Article About Vioxx and Merck’s Sales Tactics
Tells How Merck’s Drug Reps Did Their Vioxx "Spin" for Concerned Doctors In the June 23, 2005 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), is "The Lessons of Vioxx — Drug Safety…
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Possible Vioxx “Smoking-gun” Document Provides Basis for June 2005 AP Report
Internal Document: Merck Reportedly Considered Changing Vioxx Drug Formulation in 2000 On June 23, 2005 Theresa Agovino and The Associated Press (AP) reported that in 2000 Merck & Co.’s researchers considered reformulating Vioxx in…
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Lilly Plans to Settle Most Zyprexa Legal Cases for $690 Million
Zyprexa Lawsuits Alleged Failure to Warn About Diabetes Side Effect Risk In the first part of June 2005, Eli Lilly & Co. said it had reached an agreement with certain groups of plaintiffs’ lawyers…
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Pharmacists in Florida Must Warn Patients About Certain Drug Risks
Appellate Court Imposes New Legal Duty on Florida Pharmacists In early June 2005 a Florida appellate court ruled that a Florida pharmacist can be held legally liable for failing to warn patients about certain…
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Baycol Cases Settled to Date: 2,995 Claims Paid Total of $1.133 Billion
About 6,000 Baycol Lawsuits Remain In U.S.; Bayer Says Only 50 of Those Cases to be Settled At Bayer AG’s annual general meeting in late April 2005, the company said that as of April…
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Vioxx Lawsuits Will Take Several Years to Resolve
Legal Claims Filed Against Merck May Exceed 100,000 The federal court judge overseeing the recently established Multi-district Litigation ("MDL") for the personal injury and wrongful death cases involving the withdrawn pain drug Vioxx said…