Merck Fights Vioxx Class Action Suit Brought by Insurers
National News • March 21, 2007
Health insurers and union health plans nationwide should not be allowed to sue Merck & Co. jointly to recover money they paid for Vioxx prescriptions, a lawyer for the drug maker argued this week ...
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Subject: RE: vioxx
Posted On: July 24, 2007, 8:09 pm CDT
Posted By: Lily
Comment:
Merck has no problem in beating up victims in court and has no compassion for the harm they have caused to thousands of people, and now they want the judge to have mercy on them, Give me brake.
If they are not made accountable to the victims they have harmed their bottom line will always be $$$$$. And since the old mighty dollar is all they care about it is the only way to get the message thou that peoples life's are not lab rates.
How many times does the federal courts have to find Merck guilty of fraud and deception before they say enough is enough and order Merck to pay for all the lives they have caused death or harmed to.
I would like to know why the federal courts are allowing Merck to tie up our courts with legal manipulations when they have already been found guilty? Or is Merck in our government pocket so we cant get any justice in the courts.
And you wonder why you can't get justice in the courts.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know how our senators are going to vote that are excepting contributions from Pharmaceutical company's or any other company that makes sizable contributions to have senators vote in there favor.
Their needs to be a bill passed in the house that will exclude senator from voting on
Anything that has the public's health at stake if she or he has accepted contributions from that company.
Senators who weakened drug bill got millions from industry
If this isn't your government working against you I'd like to know what it is?
HOW SENATORS VOTED
The Senate voted 49-40 this week to require U.S. officials to certify the safety and effectiveness of prescription medicines imported from foreign countries. The vote effectively killed an effort to allow the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from abroad. A "yes" vote, supported by drug makers, was a vote to adopt the certification requirement and a "no" vote was a vote to defeat it. Here are the top recipients of contributions from pharmaceutical executives and political action committees from 2001 through March, and how they voted:Senator 2001-07 contributions Vote
Richard Burr, R-N.C. $520,694 Yes
John Kerry, D-Mass. $304,888 Yes
Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. $281,040 Yes
Arlen Specter, R-Pa. $259,699 Yes
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah $241,850 Yes
Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa $216,599 No
Max Baucus, D-Mont. $199,000 Yes
Chris Dodd, D-Conn. $192,025 Did not vote
Tom Carper, D-Del. $183,794 Yes
Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. $174,338 Yes
Source: USA TODAY analysis of campaign-finance data
THIS WAS POSTED BY ecreativa media Dec. 2004
If you have been surprised by the ferocity with which Merck has been attacking Vioxx victims, there is no need to. Merck appears more confident than ever that it will prevail in the Vioxx litigation and it does not have to apologize for Vioxx related deaths and injuries. As everyone knows, the FDA has been the best friend for Merck. From day one, FDA, which should control the drug industry, has actually come to the rescue of Merck. Now the White House is openly supporting the position taken by Merck. It may be pointed out that the Merck CEO Raymond Gilmartin (along with many others at Merck and in the pharmaceutical industry in general) has contributed enormous sums of money for President Bush and many others in Republican Party, all of whom hold important positions in the administration.
A panel discussion that was held as part of the economic summit showed where the focus is - to take away the right of American people to file a lawsuit if a loved one gets killed by a faulty product or if someone is injured. Once this legislation is passed, Americans will literally have their rights taken away so that big corporations can do business profitably even if their products kill Americans.
Subject: RE: vioxx
If they are not made accountable to the victims they have harmed their bottom line will always be $$$$$. And since the old mighty dollar is all they care about it is the only way to get the message thou that peoples life's are not lab rates.
How many times does the federal courts have to find Merck guilty of fraud and deception before they say enough is enough and order Merck to pay for all the lives they have caused death or harmed to.
I would like to know why the federal courts are allowing Merck to tie up our courts with legal manipulations when they have already been found guilty? Or is Merck in our government pocket so we cant get any justice in the courts.
And you wonder why you can't get justice in the courts.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know how our senators are going to vote that are excepting contributions from Pharmaceutical company's or any other company that makes sizable contributions to have senators vote in there favor.
Their needs to be a bill passed in the house that will exclude senator from voting on
Anything that has the public's health at stake if she or he has accepted contributions from that company.
Senators who weakened drug bill got millions from industry
If this isn't your government working against you I'd like to know what it is?
HOW SENATORS VOTED
The Senate voted 49-40 this week to require U.S. officials to certify the safety and effectiveness of prescription medicines imported from foreign countries. The vote effectively killed an effort to allow the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from abroad. A "yes" vote, supported by drug makers, was a vote to adopt the certification requirement and a "no" vote was a vote to defeat it. Here are the top recipients of contributions from pharmaceutical executives and political action committees from 2001 through March, and how they voted:Senator 2001-07 contributions Vote
Richard Burr, R-N.C. $520,694 Yes
John Kerry, D-Mass. $304,888 Yes
Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. $281,040 Yes
Arlen Specter, R-Pa. $259,699 Yes
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah $241,850 Yes
Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa $216,599 No
Max Baucus, D-Mont. $199,000 Yes
Chris Dodd, D-Conn. $192,025 Did not vote
Tom Carper, D-Del. $183,794 Yes
Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. $174,338 Yes
Source: USA TODAY analysis of campaign-finance data
THIS WAS POSTED BY ecreativa media Dec. 2004
If you have been surprised by the ferocity with which Merck has been attacking Vioxx victims, there is no need to. Merck appears more confident than ever that it will prevail in the Vioxx litigation and it does not have to apologize for Vioxx related deaths and injuries. As everyone knows, the FDA has been the best friend for Merck. From day one, FDA, which should control the drug industry, has actually come to the rescue of Merck. Now the White House is openly supporting the position taken by Merck. It may be pointed out that the Merck CEO Raymond Gilmartin (along with many others at Merck and in the pharmaceutical industry in general) has contributed enormous sums of money for President Bush and many others in Republican Party, all of whom hold important positions in the administration.
A panel discussion that was held as part of the economic summit showed where the focus is - to take away the right of American people to file a lawsuit if a loved one gets killed by a faulty product or if someone is injured. Once this legislation is passed, Americans will literally have their rights taken away so that big corporations can do business profitably even if their products kill Americans.