Merck Vioxx Pain Subsides
Executive Summary
An Atlantic City, N.J. state court jury verdict clears Merck of allegations the drug maker failed to properly warn patients of risks associated with the use of Vioxx (rofecoxib). "We presented a case that was solidly based on scientific evidence," Merck said. The case, Humeston v. Merck, is the second Vioxx case to reach trial; an Angleton, Texas jury found Merck liable for the death of Robert Ernst in August, awarding his widow $253.5 mil. in damages (1"The Pink Sheet" Aug. 29, 2005, p. 3)...