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		<title>Vioxx Settlement Almost Wrapped Up</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18957</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merck &#038; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor Accused of Falsifying Drug Studies Pleads Guilty</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18816</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Scott S. Reuben, former chief of acute pain at the Bay State Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud.  As we&#8217;ve reported previously, Reuben was charged in federal court last month with falsifying studies involving the post-surgical benefits of drugs like Vioxx, Bextra, Celebrex, Effexor and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Scandal Didn&#8217;t Lead To Changes At  FDA</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17392</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vioxx scandal, and the Food &#038; Drug Administration&#8217;s (FDA) role in it, has not brought about much change at the agency, according to a new government report.
Vioxx was approved for use in 1999, and quickly became a bestseller for Merck, with annual sales of $2.5 billion; however, the painkiller was pulled off the market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Shareholder Lawsuit Before US Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/16437</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vioxx]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Readers of this blog are, by now, aware of the many issues surrounding Merck’s blockbuster nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory medication Vioxx (rofecoxib) and negative cardiac events.  The cardiac problems associated with Vioxx, and its subsequent withdrawal from the market, spawned scores of lawsuits.  These include Merck shareholder lawsuits, which were recently the subject of oral [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Dangers Should Have Been Known Years Before Recall</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/14025</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have long been writing about the links between Merck’s blockbuster nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory medication Vioxx (rofecoxib) and negative cardiac events. Now, according to Science Daily, a study has found that evidence of cardiovascular risks linked to Vioxx might have been realized almost four years before Merck &#038; Co. Inc., pulled the drug from the market.
Vioxx [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Settlement Fund Will Pay 3,000+  Death Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/13126</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement announced by Merck &#038; Co. in 2007 will include payments to the families of over 3,000 people who died of a heart attack or stroke while taking the now-withdrawn painkiller, according to a report on Bloomberg.com.
Vioxx was approved for use in 1999, and quickly became a blockbuster for Merck, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yet Another Vioxx Settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/10216</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In yet another recent legal settlement, Merck &#038; Co has agreed to pay $80 million to settle 190 claims concerning its recalled pain medication, Vioxx, reports Reuters. In a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, reported Reuters, Merck said it recorded an “$80 million charge” in this year’s second quarter for “the settlement with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Vioxx Lawsuit Settles</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/9978</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the ongoing legal activity surrounding Merck &#038; Company’s recalled blockbuster pain medication, Vioxx, another settlement has been reached in a lawsuit allegedly involving the death of John Henderson, the Madison St. Clair Record just reported.
Henderson’s wife, Norma Henderson, and her attorneys agreed to accept the proposed settlement in excess of $200,000, said the Madison [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Lawsuit Names Congressmen</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/7915</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the continuing legal problems over painkiller Vioxx, a new lawsuit has emerged in the United States naming a number of federal lawmakers as defendants. The lawsuit was filed this week and names U.S. democratic senators Patrick Leahy (Vermont), Russell Feingold (Wisconsin), and Edward Kennedy (Massachusetts), said Highlands Today.
Vioxx was approved for use in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;Loyalty Program&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; Detailed at Trial</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/6747</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The Prodigy dvdrip
 The Vioxx trial that is ongoing in Australia has shed new light on the questionable tactics Merck &#038; Co. used to market its dangerous painkiller. Now, according to The Australian, it seems Merck orchestrated “patient loyalty programs” that, publicly, seemed to be about increasing &#8220;quality of life.&#8221; Privately, reported The Australian, Merck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Vioxx Trial Continues</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/6330</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 18:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vioxx 

 Motel Hell psp   trial that is ongoing in Australia and which has shed new light on the questionable tactics Merck &#038; Co. used to market the dangerous painkiller has, said the Australian, involved a leading American cardiologist who testified that Vioxx played a “substantial contributing role” to the heart attack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Nurses Trolled Doctor Records for Potential Patients</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/6275</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/6275#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 20:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ongoing Vioxx trial in Australia has just revealed that Merck, the maker of the controversial drug, paid so-called nurses to look through medical records in search of potential Vioxx patients, BNET reports.  According to the Australian court, the nurses accessed patient records without obtaining physician permission in the hopes of garnering 100 patients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Trial in Australia Details Merck&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#039;s Deceptive Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/6042</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/6042#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 14:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Vioxx   trial in Australia has shed new light on the questionable tactics Merck &#038; Co. used to market the dangerous painkiller. The strategies, detailed in an article published by The New York Times, will not surprise anyone who has followed this blog&#8217;s Vioxx coverage.
Vioxx was approved for use in the U.S. in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions Raised About Vioxx Cardiologist</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/5894</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the most recent debacle over Merck’s Vioxx
Mr. Bean&#8217;s Holiday movie
 , Merck is accused of hiring a ghostwriter for a Circulation paper likely written to minimize issues linked to Vioxx’s safety.  The Heart.org said well-known cardiologist Dr. Marvin Konstam of Tufts University Medical Center agreed to act as lead author in 2001. Claims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck Faces Vioxx Grand Jury Probe</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/5240</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vioxx is the target of a federal probe, Merck &#038; Co. announced yesterday.  According to Reuters, the grand jury investigation involves Merck&#8217;s research, marketing and selling activities regarding Vioxx, which was pulled from the market in 2004.
Vioxx was approved for use in 1999, and quickly became a blockbuster for Merck, with annual sales of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researcher Faked Data for 21 Studies Involving Vioxx, Celebrex and Other Drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/5021</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Action Lawsuits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical journals have been asked to retract 21 studies that touted the benefits of Vioxx, Celebrex and other drugs.  According to The Wall Street Journal, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass. is asking the journals to make the retractions because its former chief of acute pain, Dr. Scott S. Reuben, had faked data used in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx, Celebrex, Other Painkillers Up Risks for Heart Failure, Heart Attack Patients</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4182</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vioxx, Celebrex, ibuprofen and other NSAID painkillers increase the chances that heart attack and heart failure patients will experience a second heart attack or death, a new study says.  According to Danish researchers, the risk of a second heart attack or death actually doubled within the first 90 days of starting Vioxx or Celebrex.  Other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COX-2 Inhibitors More Likely to Raise Heart Risks Than Other NSAIDs</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4133</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study that confirms the heart risks associated with a class of drugs called NSAIDs has found that the increased risk correlates to the specific pain-causing molecule they act against.   According to the study, NSAIDS that are cox-2 inhibitors are more likely to increase the risks of heart attacks and strokes.
NSAIDs  are the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pfizer Announces Bextra, Celebrex Settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4029</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pfizer has reached a tentative agreement to settle lawsuits involving its Bextra and Celebrex painkillers for  $894 million.  If it goes forward, the Pfizer Bextra and Celebrex settlement will resolve roughly 90 percent of the personal injury lawsuits the company faces because of the drugs.
Celebrex and Bextra are COX-2 inhibitors, a class of drugs that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Heart Risks Long-Lasting</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4002</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heart risks from Vioxx, the defective painkiller pulled from the market in 2004, lingered long after many patients stopped taking the drug.  According to a report in The Washington Post, a study conducted by researchers at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX found that Vioxx increased the risk of heart attack and stroke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida AG Sues Merck for Misleading Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3925</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum sued Merck and Company, Inc. for damages caused by the company’s allegedly deceptive marketing and promotion of its prescription drug, Vioxx.  The lawsuit states that Merck repeatedly failed to disclose Vioxx’s adverse effects while offering it to Florida’s Medicaid program as a safe painkiller.  The Attorney General’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Drug Marketer Warns Consumers About New Drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3863</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Nesi, a former insider in the world of big pharmaceuticals, has just written a new book entitled ¬Poison Pills:  The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal.  Nesi hopes to expose what happens when consumers take newly approved, heavily marketed prescription medications.
Nesi, a former long-time director of public affairs at pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Investor Lawsuit Reinstated</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3796</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merck &#038; Co. investors can sue the drug maker for losses they sustained when Vioxx was taken off the market because of safety problems, a federal appeals court has ruled.  The class action Vioxx securities fraud lawsuit, which was brought on behalf of investors, was originally dismissed by a federal judge in Newark, N.J in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Ibuprofen Ups Heart Attack, Stroke Chances</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3770</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking ibuprofen daily to relieve arthritis pain could put some older people at a higher risk of heart problems, including heart attack and stroke, a new study has found.  The researchers conducting the study found that ibuprofen was the only painkiller, other than Vioxx, that increased this risk.
The painkiller study was conducted by scientists at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Payouts to Begin This Month</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3687</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Partial settlement payments will soon be in the mail to those people who claim that taking Vioxx caused them to suffer heart attacks, the Associated Press is reporting. Vioxx is the pain reliever that was linked to heart failure and has since been removed from the market.  Payments are scheduled to begin being sent on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Deceptive Vioxx Study Detailed</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3661</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Vioxx study that was supposedly meant to find out if the recalled painkiller was less likely to cause stomach problems than another drug was really nothing more than a marketing ploy, a new report says.   According to Merck &#038; Co. memos and reports obtained during Vioxx lawsuits, the Advantage study was crafted by Merck&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Confirms Vioxx and Bextra Dangers</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3601</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another study has confirmed that Vioxx and Bextra increase the risk of having a stroke.  Both Bextra and Vioxx were removed from the market because of their association with heart attacks and stroke.
This latest study, which looked at the stroke risk of COX2 inhibitors like Vioxx and Bextra, as well as the risk of other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck’s Vioxx Payouts to Begin in August</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3474</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Jersey-based Merck &#038; Company will begin funding $4.85 billion to resolve state and federal claims over its painkiller Vioxx.  The first payment of $500 million is scheduled for August 6; additional payments will follow.  Merck said it met its threshold to make these payouts and waived its right to walk away from last November’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck Gets Another Vioxx Win</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3217</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merck &#038; Co. was on the winning end of another Vioxx court decision this week, the third favorable ruling involving the deadly painkiller in the past month.  This time, the New Jersey Supreme Court voted 5-1 that Vioxx users who had not shown signs of  an injury are not entitled to medical monitoring paid for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck Gets Two Vioxx Victories, But Settlement Still on Track</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3178</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 18:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vioxx maker Merck &#038; Co. won two court victories this week, in Texas and New Jersey, as appeals courts reversed rulings in Vioxx lawsuits.  However, the Merck victories won&#8217;t affect the $4.85 billion settlement the company struck with thousands of Vioxx victims last November.
Vioxx was approved for use in 1999, and quickly became a blockbuster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck To Pay $58 Million in Vioxx Settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3130</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 17:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug maker Merck &#038; Co. Inc., will pay $58 million to Massachusetts, 28 other states, and the District of Columbia, to settle lawsuits that claim Merck allegedly used deceptive marketing to promote its popular painkiller Vioxx.  Merck employs over 150 people at a research facility in Boston&#8217;s Longwood area.
Vioxx is in a class of drugs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck Extends Another Vioxx Settlement Deadline</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3027</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 19:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merck just extended the deadline for registered participants to submit paperwork to June 30 on the Vioxx program. Merck states that the proposed $4.85 billion settlement for illness associated with Vioxx—also known as refecoxib—continues on schedule.  The original deadline for claimants to provide documents proving they took Vioxx and then had a heart attack or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck Vioxx Study Scandal Fans Opposition to Proposed FDA Rule Changes</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2947</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s revelation that Merck Inc. manipulated two Vioxx studies in order to downplay death rates has prompted more criticism of a Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) plan to loosen off-label marketing rules that drug makers must adhere to. If approved, the proposed FDA rule change would allow drug and medical device makers to provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck Not the Only Drug Company to Use &#8220;Ghostwriters&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2938</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, it was learned Merck &#038; Company conducted research on Vioxx, and the concealed it role in the studies by paying prominent scientists to lend their names to them. Unfortunatel, this is not an uncommon practice.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve got to stop this,&#8221; said Dr. Catherine D. DeAngelis, editor of the Journal of the American Medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merck Deception in Vioxx Studies Detailed</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2917</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merck Inc. concealed mortality risks in two key Vioxx studies, and hired &#8220;ghostwriters&#8221; to author research that was supposedly conducted by independent scientists.  These revelations &#8211; detailed in two reports published in the &#8220;Journal of the American Medical Association&#8221; (JAMA) &#8211; show the extent to which drug companies are able to manipulate clinical trial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key Vioxx Settlement Deadline Extended</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2798</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2798#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merck &#038; Co. has agreed to extend an important deadline for its Vioxx settlement. Now, people wishing to receive early partial payment of their settlement have an extra month to file paperwork backing up their Vioxx injury claim.  The deadline for those willing to wait for full payment remains July, but could go  as late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Settlement Meets Vital Deadline</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2692</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vioxx  settlement passed yet another milestone.  Enough people have signed on to Merck &#038; Co.&#8217;s pending $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement to keep settlement activities moving forward, the drug maker announced. Vioxx, or refecoxib, is in a class of drugs called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and works by reducing substances that cause inflammation, pain, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Grand Jury Probe Latest Headache for Merck</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2498</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Action Lawsuits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as Vioxx maker Merck gets closer to settling thousands of lawsuits against the defective pain reliever, reports have surfaced that a grand jury is investigating the company over the way it marketed Vioxx.   According to the Wall Street Journal, the health-care-fraud unit of the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the District of Massachusetts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Vioxx Plaintiffs Look to Expand Settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2484</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vioxx plaintiffs in Florida are petitioning a federal court to expand Merck’s proposed $4.85 billion settlement to include those who did not file suit against the company by Nov. 9, 2007.  But many lawyers involved in the Vioxx settlement oppose the petition, fearing that adding more plaintiffs to the Vioxx settlement would lessen the awards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Settlement Gaining Ground, with 95 Percent of Plaintiffs Signing On</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2428</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pending Merck Vioxx settlement appears to be on track, as more than 95 percent of possible Vioxx claimants have signed on to Merck’s $4.85 million settlement offer.   In other developments, lawyers opposed to an “all or nothing” provision in the proposed Vioxx settlement, have apparently agreed to wording that makes the settlement more palpable.
Over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrex, other COX-2 Inhibitors May Cause Heart Arrhythmias</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2402</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In both fruit fly and rat models, researchers discovered that Celebrex can induce heart arrhythmia.  More interestingly, this effect is independent of the COX-2 enzyme.  Arrhythmias are disorders of the regular rhythmic beating of the heart and can occur in a healthy heart and be of minimal consequence.  They may also indicate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Vioxx Settlement Deadline Today</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2378</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vioxx patients who where injured by the defective drug have until the end of business today to decide whether or not to take part in a proposed $4.85 billion settlement with Merck Inc.    According to Bloomberg.com, about half of the 60,800 people who sued have already signed up. Of those, 29,000 claimed heart attacks and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deadlines Mean Vioxx Lawsuit Plaintiffs Have Big Decisions to Make</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2353</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With deadlines looming, many people injured by Vioxx will need to decide if they want to be part of the $4.85 billion settlement that Merck proposed late last year.  But while it does appear that most Vioxx plaintiffs will participate in the settlement with Merck, a good number of others are indicating that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Settlement All-or-Nothing Provision Prompts Some Lawyers to Seek Changes</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2249</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vioxx settlement announced with great fanfare last month has not satisfied all Vioxx victims, and now their lawyers are asking a judge to change the terms of the proposed settlement so that they may be excluded from it.  As it stands now, the Vioxx settlement has a big string attached to it.  To take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Victims to Share $4.85 Billion under Settlement Agreement with Merck</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2009</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vioxx maker Merck will spend $4.85 billion to settle a significant number of lawsuits filed against it for injuries caused by the painkiller.  Under the agreement, which was announced late yesterday, Merck will set up two separate settlement funds to cover heart attack and stroke claims filed over Vioxx.  The development is a [...]]]></description>
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