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Merck Settles Vioxx Lawsuits for $4.85 Billion Without Admitting Fault

National News • November 12, 2007
Merck & Co. said last Friday it will pay $4.85 billion to end thousands of lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx in what is believed to be the largest drug settlement ever. Merck faced personal ...

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Subject: RE: What a joke?

Posted On: November 12, 2007, 2:57 pm CST
Posted By: Charles
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This makes me want to puke. Merck caving in was a travesty. We have people who can't afford prescription drugs now. Who do you think is going to absork the cost of this "settlement"? $1.6 billion in attorney fees for the plaintiff lawyers is unconscionable. They should be reimbursed for their hours spent on each case and nothing more. People in this country just don't get it. Here'a respected drug maker who takes it in the backside for trying offer a pain killing drug. It would serve people right if drug makers refuse to offer any prescription drugs to the public until they have been studied for 10 years. Penalizing a firm for something that is unforseen is absurd.
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RE: Side effects Mary B.
Nov 13, 2007, 3:42 pm
Side effects caffiend
Nov 12, 2007, 3:22 pm
RE: What a joke? Charles
Nov 12, 2007, 2:57 pm
What a joke? Sully
Nov 12, 2007, 1:58 pm
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