Lawyers Organizing for Mass Suits Over Vioxx
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Lawyers from around the United States are getting together to plan the most effective way to sue Merck and Company Inc., makers of the painkiller Vioxx. Over 20 million Americans have used Vioxx, which was taken off the market in September because it was found to greatly increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
Strategy & planning, Sales & consumption, Planning, Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, Mass tort suits, Company business planning, User statistics
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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Federal Panel Consolidates Vioxx Suits
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Many individual and class-action lawsuits filed against Merck and Co. because of complications arising from its painkiller Vioxx will be consolidated in a federal court in New Orleans.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
Fallon, Eldon E.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
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Subjects list: United States, Company legal issue, Cases, Product defects and recalls, Pharmaceutical industry, Complications and side effects, Vioxx (Medication), Merck & Company Inc.
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