Vioxx

Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Thursday that it has reached a deal to settle all lawsuits in Canada over its recalled painkiller Vioxx, for up to 36.9 million Canadian dollars ($36.5 million). Merck and attorneys representing hundreds of Vioxx users in Canada said the final payment will be at least $21.6 million and could go as high as $36.5 million. Merck and representatives of the plaintiffs have signed...  

VIOXX DEAL: Merck and lawyers for Canadian Vioxx users have struck a deal, awaiting approval by courts in provinces there, to end lawsuits filed by hundreds of people claiming harm from the drugmaker's recalled painkiller Vioxx.  

Pharmaceutical giant Merck said Thursday it has agreed to pay up to CAN$36.8 million (US$36.3 million) to resolve all suits brought against it in Canada over its former hit painkiller Vioxx.Merck voluntarily withdrew the popular medicine, known by its generic name Rofecoxib, from the market in 2004 after interim clinical trials linked the anti-inflammatory drug to a higher risk of heart attacks and stroke.Since then Merck has faced numerous...  

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Drugmaker Merck & Co. said that it has reached a deal to settle all lawsuits in Canada over its recalled painkiller Vioxx, for up to 36.9 million Canadian dollars ($36.5 million). Merck and attorneys representing hundreds of ...  

Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Thursday that it has reached a deal to settle all lawsuits in Canada over its recalled painkiller Vioxx, for up to about $37 million. Merck and attorneys representing thousands of Vioxx users in Canada say the final payment will ...  

(AP) WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. — Drugmaker Merck & Co. has reached a deal to settle all lawsuits in Canada over its recalled painkiller Vioxx, for up to 36.9 million Canadian dollars ($36.5 million). Merck and attorneys representing hundreds of ...  

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Thursday that it has reached a deal to settle all lawsuits in Canada over its recalled painkiller Vioxx, for up to 36.9 million Canadian dollars ($36.5 million). Merck and attorneys representing ...