Merck Settles Vioxx Cases for 5 Billion Dollars
Friday, November 9th, 2007Vioxx, the Cox-2 anti-inflammatory drug, was pulled from the market in 2004 when it was noticed that stroke and heart attack frequency was increased in people taking that drug.To deal with some 27,000 plaintiffs claiming liability, Merck settled out of court for 4.85 billion dollars in one of the largested ...