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Merck Faces Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Over Vioxx Reimbursement

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Merck, the maker of Vioxx, has stated it will not settle any lawsuits related to the drug, but now that a nationwide class action Vioxx lawsuit has been certified, they may reconsider. The lawsuit, brought by health plans that paid for Vioxx prescriptions for patients, will apparantly be easier to prove than the 9,000 plus personal injury lawsuits making their way through the courts now.
The case, which seeks almost $10 billion in reimbursement also carries the risk of triple that amount in punitive damages at the courts discretion. Vioxx has been linked with a high number of heart attacks and heart related injuries and was subsequently pulled from the market.

Certification of Nationwide Vioxx Class-Action against Merck

Newsinferno.com - 4/1/2006 10:35 AM

The affirmance of Judge Higbee’s order raises the stakes considerably for Merck & Co. since it will now face claims for almost $10 billion in reimbursement in a combined lawsuit that will be easier to prove than a personal injury case and carries with it the punitive sanction of treble (triple) damages.
 
Under the circumstances, Merck may now be compelled to reconsider its steadfast refusal to settle any case involving its once blockbuster COX-2 inhibitor Vioxx.
 
The suit that gives rise to the class-action was originally brought by a fund operated by a New Jersey union that supplies its members with healt
 
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