Merck wins latest Vioxx case

[The Straight Story]

Merck wins latest Vioxx case

N.J. jury finds Merck not liable in the seventh case over withdrawn painkiller.
By Aaron Smith, CNNMoney.com staff writer
July 13 2006: 2:24 PM EDT

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Merck was found not liable in the seventh lawsuit over Vioxx, the arthritis painkiller that it pulled from the market because of heart attack risk, the company announced today.

Merck's (down $0.88 to $35.82, Charts) victory against the lawsuit filed by former Vioxx patient Elaine Doherty is the drug maker's fourth courtroom triumph since the anti-inflammatory drug was pulled off the market on Sept. 30, 2004. Merck has lost three of the trials.
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Doherty, a 68-year-old New Jersey resident who took Vioxx for three years, blamed the drug for the heart attack she suffered in 2004 and she accused Merck of concealing information about the drug. At least 11,500 lawsuits have been filed against Merck by former Vioxx patients.


http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/13/news/companies/vioxx/index.htm

[SoCalDem]

1. The "market" must be protected ...at all costs

so a few people die in the process.. it's no biggie..:grr:

[acmejack]

2. Medicate at your own risk.

We'll poison you and you'll pay through the nose for the privilege.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Of course they won. That's not a very hard case to win against

a 68 year old woman when one considers her age and the fact that she is more likely than not post menopausal are both huge risk factors for heart disease and that evidence was probably presented to the jury.