Vioxx

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The Obama administration filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court siding with investors hoping to sue Merck and Co. over its now-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.  

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Merck & Co. lost a bid in the Canadian Supreme Court to put a Vioxx lawsuit on hold in Ontario, while it won a ruling that prevents another case from moving forward as a class action in Saskatchewan.  

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Merck & Co. lost a bid for a hearing before Canada’s highest court to determine whether competing class-action lawsuits can proceed over claims that the painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks and strokes.  

The Supreme Court of Canada today denied leave to appeal in the related cases of Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. v. Benny Mignacca, a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, and in Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. v. Gerald Wuttunee, a decision of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court of Canada has therefore left undisturbed the first case in Canada in which class certification has been overturned in pharmaceutical personal injury class...  

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