Texas settles Medicaid price inflation suit with drug manufacturer
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that the state has reached a settlement in a Medicare fraud lawsuit it had brought against drug manufacturer Abbott Laboratories . In the suit [complaint,...
A three-judge panel of the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against drug maker Merck & Co. over claims relating to its prescription painkiller Vioxx [JURIST news...
Merck v. Ernst, Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals, May 29, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion...
A Texas state appeals court Thursday overturned a jury verdict against pharmaceutical giant Merck concerning a death allegedly caused by painkiller Vioxx . The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals reversed ...
Merck to pay $58 million in Vioxx deceptive advertising settlement
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Tuesday agreed to pay $58 million to settle lawsuits brought by 29 states and the District of Columbia regarding Merck's allegedly deceptive advertising for the painkiller Vioxx [Merck...
Texas appeals court overturns jury award against Merck in Vioxx case
A Texas appeals court Wednesday overturned a jury verdict that found pharmaceutical giant Merck liable for the death of a 71-year-old man who died from a heart attack within a month of taking...
New Jersey pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck has agreed to pay $671 million to settle claims that it defrauded Medicaid and improperly marketed three of its drugs to doctors, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The settlement [PDF...
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. said Friday that it has agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle all pending lawsuits regarding Merck's marketing and distribution of the painkiller Vioxx . The...
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Monday filed a joint lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Merck , alleging that the company misrepresented known dangers associated with arthritis drug...
New Jersey Supreme Court decertifies nationwide Vioxx class action
The New Jersey Supreme Court dismissed a class action lawsuit filed against pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Thursday, reversing a lower court's decision to grant nationwide class certification in the case. The lawsuit,...
