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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Court: Healthy Vioxx users not drugmaker's responsibility

(HealthDay News) UPDATED 2008-06-04
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that Merck & Co, maker of the painkiller Vioxx, will not have to monitor former users who aren't claiming they were injured by the drug. Some Vioxx users had brought a lawsuit against Merck, saying that though they didn't have current symptoms, they were more prone to health problems because of their Vioxx use. The patient were seeking to have Merck pay for health monitoring, but the New Jersey court dismissed the case.  Read full story >
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