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MERCK Issues Worldwide Recall of Vioxx
Drug giant Merck said Thursday it is voluntarily withdrawing Vioxx, its popular arthritis and pain drug, from the market in response to studies linking long-term use to increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
Source: United Press International, September 30, 2004.
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1. IRI Announces Strategic Research Initiative to Measure Impact of Multi-Billion Dollar Vioxx Drug Recall and Subsequent Switching Activities; Multi-Phased Research Program to Offer Detailed Analysis on Consumer's Evolving Attitudes and Purchase Behaviors in Arthritis and Pain Management Categories.
...an OTC medication. Clearly, the impact of the Vioxx recall will be felt in both the OTC and Rx arthritis...subsequent Rx and OTC purchase behavior following the Vioxx recall. Phase One -- Vioxx Recall Omnibus Survey To effectively understand the...
October 28, 2004; PR Newswire

2. Vioxx recall sharply slices into Merck's profits for third quarter.
...plunged 29 percent because of its Vioxx recall, and the company disclosed that...The Sept. 30 withdrawal of Vioxx, the biggest drug recall ever, reduced Merck's third...9 percent. The company said Vioxx recall costs would hurt full-year 2004...
October 22, 2004; The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

3. Merck stock falls after Vioxx recall
...pharmaceutical giant said the recall will hurt its earnings...patients started taking Vioxx, which also is prescribed...Thursday to stop taking Vioxx and consult their...alternatives. Merck said the recall will slash about...complementary ways. The Vioxx recall stands to benefit...
October 1, 2004; Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

4. Merck recalls Vioxx: Arthritis drug linked to strokes, heart attacks
...pharmaceutical giant said the recall will hurt its earnings...patients started taking Vioxx, which also is prescribed...Thursday to stop taking Vioxx and consult their...alternatives. Merck said the recall will slash about...complementary ways. The Vioxx recall stands to benefit...
October 1, 2004; Charleston Gazette

5. Vioxx recall hits Merck profits
...Bergen County, NJ) 10-22-2004 Vioxx recall hits Merck profits -- Painkiller...Star B. Two Star P. One Star B The Vioxx recall crushed third-quarter profits at...shaved from results because of the Vioxx recall. The recall will cost Merck another...
October 22, 2004; The Record (Bergen County, NJ)


1. Vioxx verdict bolsters Merck
...Bergen County, NJ) 07-14-2006 Vioxx verdict bolsters Merck -- Firm not liable...third. The company lost three Vioxx verdicts totaling $298 million, which...reach a global settlement of Vioxx litigation. The verdict Thursday will help any such...
July 14, 2006; The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

2. Vioxx user awarded $4.5M in split verdict
...NJ) 04-06-2006 Vioxx user awarded $4.5M in split verdict -- Jury finds...involving a long-term Vioxx user, which bodes...Tobias said the verdict seemed to support...More than 9,500 Vioxx-related lawsuits...Wednesday's split verdict, Merck had won...
April 6, 2006; The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

3. Verdicts & Settlements January 14, 2008: $47.5M Vioxx verdict helps prompt global settlement
...uncovered since the verdict warranted a new...his brief use of Vioxx. Lead plaintiff...indicated that the verdict - the largest Vioxx verdict still standing...settlement. "This verdict was a pressure...Idaho, only took Vioxx sporadically for...
January 14, 2008; Lawyers USA

4. Vioxx admits mistakes, says big financial verdict would hurt science.
...a costly punitive verdict over Vioxx, conceded Monday...sixth personal-injury Vioxx trial. After deliberating...still had no final verdict and went home, told...information about Vioxx from the Food and...meaning the total verdict in this case could...
April 10, 2006; Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)

5. suffering.
...After Friday's $253-million verdict against Merck & Co. in the nation's first Vioxx-related civil trial, Lisa...others cannot obtain more Vioxx now because Merck pulled the...jury on Friday found that Vioxx contributed to the heart-related...further from ever getting Vioxx again. And ...
August 21, 2005; Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)