Vioxx Information

Merck Hid Vioxxâs Risks From Louisiana, Official Says (Update2)

2010-04-22T03:20:00.001-07:00

April 13 (Bloomberg) -- Merck & Co. never informed Louisiana health officials about the heart-attack risks posed by its withdrawn Vioxx painkiller, a former state agency chief testified in court.

Merck Hid Vioxxâs Risks From Louisiana, Official Says (Update1)

2010-04-20T03:20:00.001-07:00

April 13 (Bloomberg) -- Merck & Co. never informed Louisiana health officials about the heart-attack risks posed by its withdrawn Vioxx painkiller, a former state agency chief testified in court.

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Lawyers prepare for Toyota lawsuits (The Tennessean)

2010-03-25T03:20:00.001-07:00

SAN DIEGO - As lawsuits over Toyota acceleration problems multiply nationwide, more than 150 attorneys gathered Wednesday to sharpen their legal tools on the eve of a major federal court hearing on whether dozens of cases will be consolidated before a single judge.

Anapol Schwartz Partner Dispute Aired in Court Documents (Law.com)

2010-03-16T15:20:00.001-07:00

Arguments are due to be heard this week involving suits by and against Anapol Schwartz, which claims that former shareholder Howard J. Levin violated the shareholders agreement by not agreeing to share fees or repay advanced costs related to 22 cases he took with him after being voted out of the law firm as of Dec. 31, 2009. The firm seeks to consolidate that lawsuit with its suit over an ...

Merck: Last Vioxx patient payouts to be made soon (Asbury Park Press)

2010-03-11T15:20:00.001-08:00

Drugmaker Merck & Co. has made its final, $4.1 billion payment into a fund to settle tens of thousands of U.S. claims that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks or strokes, the company said in a regulatory filing Monday.

Vioxx doubled heart attack risk, Australian court rules (The Daily Commercial)

2010-03-09T03:20:00.001-08:00

KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY -- The once-popular painkiller Vioxx doubled the risk of heart attack and was unfit for consumption ...

Vioxx ruling gives hope for payouts to British âvictimsâ (MalaysiaNews.net)

2010-03-07T03:20:00.001-08:00

The popular painkiller Vioxx doubled the risk of a heart attack and was not fit to be on the market, a court ruled yesterday. In the world's first successful class action against the makers of the d...

Vioxx Settlement Almost Wrapped Up (NewsInferno)

2010-03-02T15:20:00.001-08:00

Merck & Co. has made a final $4.1 billion payment to its Vioxx settlement fund. According to an Associated Press report, final payouts to former Vioxx users or their survivors should be made by the end of June. Vioxx was approved for use in 1999, and quickly became a bestseller for Merck, with annual sales [...]

Beasley Allen Attorney Graham Esdale Travels to DC Hearings to Ask Toyota to Recall 2002-2006 Camrys (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

2010-02-23T15:20:00.001-08:00

Beasley Allen attorney Graham Esdale is in Washington, DC this week with three adult children of the firm's deceased client Barbara Schwarz.

Government 'must halt NHS tendering' (Guardian Unlimited)

2010-02-21T15:20:00.001-08:00

Hinchingbrooke infirmary in Huntingdon set to become the first privately-run infirmary as the only NHS bidder for contract drops out Health service unions have called on the government to suspend the tendering process that will lead to the virtual privatisation of an entire NHS trust and its Â£40m debt. Hinchingbrooke infirmary in Huntingdon is set to become the first NHS general infirmary to be ...

NHS hospital set to fall into private hands (Guardian Unlimited)

2010-02-21T03:20:00.001-08:00

Hinchingbrooke hospital in Huntingdon set to become the first privately-run hospital as the only NHS bidder for contract drops out Health service unions have called on the government to suspend the tendering process that will lead to the virtual privatisation of an entire NHS trust and its Â£40m debt. Hinchingbrooke hospital in Huntingdon is set to become the first NHS general hospital to be ...

Merck Pays $12 Million in Lawyer Fees to End Vioxx Suits (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)

2010-02-18T03:20:00.001-08:00

Merck Pays $12 Million in Lawyer Fees to End Vioxx Suits (Law.com)

2010-02-14T15:20:00.001-08:00

Merck & Co. has agreed to pay $12.15 million in plaintiffs' legal fees to settle two shareholder derivative suits over its painkiller Vioxx -- one in state court in New Jersey and the other in the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. As part of the settlement, Merck agreed to create two committees to address product safety and to appoint a chief medical officer. The settlement does not apply to a ...

Merck to appoint safety watchdogs to end Vioxx suits (Arkansas News Bureau)

2010-02-11T15:20:00.001-08:00

Merck & Co. has agreed to appoint two committees and a chief medical officer to monitor drug safety in the settlement of lawsuits filed by shareholders who lost billions when the company withdrew the arthritis pill Vioxx.

Ground Zero Rescue Worker Lawsuits Subject of Settlement Talks (NewsInferno)

2010-02-09T03:20:00.001-08:00

Media sources are reporting that settlement talks are underway in thousands of lawsuits brought by rescue workers who helped in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero in the weeks following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The first of 12 such lawsuits are scheduled to go to trial in May. In [...]

Beasley Allen Files Class Action on Behalf of Toyota Owners Affected by the Massive Recall (PRWeb)

2010-02-04T15:20:00.001-08:00

Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a complaint seeking class action status on behalf of over 5 million Toyota owners whose vehicles have been recalled by Toyota Motor Sales, USA Inc. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court Southern District of Florida against Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Sales, USA Inc. (PRWeb Feb 4, 2010) Read the ...

PCA Salmonella Settlement Announced (NewsInferno)

2010-02-02T03:20:00.001-08:00

The massive Salmonella outbreak that originated with tainted Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) products and that sickened hundreds of people and sparked thousands of food recalls earlier this year has ended in a settlement for some 120 victims and their families. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) wrote that about $12 million will be disbursed from that [...]

Louisiana Rep Says its Time for Feds to Settle MRGO Lawsuits (NewsInferno)

2010-01-21T03:20:00.001-08:00

A Louisiana lawmaker has urged federal authorities to reach a settlement over lawsuits stemming from Hurricane Katrina flooding that has been blamed on the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, also known as MRGO. Late last year, a federal judge found the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers liable for the flooding because of its failure [...]

Johnson & Johnson Hit with Federal Kickback Charges (NewsInferno)

2010-01-19T03:20:00.001-08:00

Johnson & Johnson is facing charges that it paid kickbacks to Omnicare, one of the nationâs largest nursing home chains, in order to push drugs like Risperdal and Levaquin at the chainâs facilities. According to allegations contained in a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorneys office in Boston, from 1999 to 2004 Johnson [...]

World News Quick Take (Taipei Times)

2010-01-17T03:20:00.001-08:00

Several police officers have been reprimanded after they used their riot shields as makeshift sleds during a cold snap. A passerby filmed the officers goofing around on a snowy hill in Oxford and posted the clip on YouTube.

Firm Settles With DOJ Over Unapproved Medical Device (NewsInferno)

2010-01-03T15:20:00.001-08:00

Spectranetics Corporation, a medical device manufacturer, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has agreed to pay the United States $4.9 million in civil damages and a $100,000 forfeiture to resolve claims against the company, the Justice Department meet announced, said the United States Attorneyâs Office District of Colorado. The claims arise from allegations that Spectranetics illegally ...

Firm Fined Over Lead-Tainted âThomas & Friendâ Toys (NewsInferno)

2009-12-31T03:20:00.001-08:00

RC2 Corp., of Oak Brook, Illinois has agreed to pay a $1.25 million civil penalty for allegedly violating the federal lead paint ban, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced. The penalty settlement, which has been provisionally accepted by the Commission, resolves CPSC staff allegations that RC2 Corp. and one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, [...]

Corporations again willing to sue (The Tennessean)

2009-12-27T03:20:00.001-08:00

When the recession began two years ago and Wall Street deals that powered Big Law disappeared, law-firm leaders speculated that some of the slack might be taken up by litigation departments as clients sued one another to gain an economic edge.