Merck & Co.

...alleging the osteoporosis drug Fosamax causes painful jaw bone destruction. According to Merck, U.S. District Court Judge John F. Keenan granted Merck summary judgment in the case. The company said the ruling stated the plaintiff's...

In this article: Plaintiff, New Jersey, Allegation, Osteonecrosis, Osteonecrosis of the jaw, Osteoporosis, and John F. Keenan

Study Finds Danger Signal in Early Merck Data; Merck Says Study Flawed Nov. 23, 2009 - Merck should have known Vioxx was deadly years before they pulled the drug from the market, a study of Merck's own data suggests. The study, published...

In this article: Merck, Vioxx, Plaintiff, Scientific method, Archives of Internal Medicine, Arthritis, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and WebMD

...lawyer, closing share price) By Jonathan Stempel A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Merck & Co's <MRK.N> osteoporosis drug Fosamax causes jaw damage, two months after a jury deadlock led to a mistrial in a...

In this article: Merck, John Keenan, U.S., Plaintiff, and Osteoporosis

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Merck & Co's <MRK.N> osteoporosis drug Fosamax causes jaw damage, more than two months after a jury deadlocked in a case involving a similar claim. U.S. District Judge John Keenan on...

In this article: Merck, John Keenan, U.S., Osteonecrosis of the jaw, Osteoporosis, and New York Stock Exchange

...is the first of 12 similar lawsuits filed by state attorneys general to reach a final judgment at the trial court level, Merck said. Merck voluntarily withdrew Vioxx from the market in September 2004 after a clinical trial found the...

In this article: Merck, Vioxx, Texas, Travis County, and District of Columbia

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) - Merck & Co. said Monday a district court judge in Texas dismissed all claims in a state Medicaid lawsuit over the painkiller Vioxx. Merck said Travis County, Texas District Court Judge Scott H. Jenkins...

In this article: Vioxx, Texas, Medicaid, Travis County, New Jersey, and Louisiana

...Fraud Prevention Act. Merck voluntarily withdrew Vioxx from the market on Sept. 30, 2004. /quotes/comstock/13*!mrk/quotes/nls/mrk Merck & Co Inc New (MRK) /marketstate/country/ The market is open8:52:26 am The market is closed8:52:26 am A...

In this article: Texas, Vioxx, Attorney General, MarketWatch, Travis County, Texas, and NEW YORK

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) - Drug developer Merck & Co. said Friday a European advisory committee recommended approval for the company's fertility drug Elonva. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of The European...

In this article: European Medicines Agency and New Jersey

By Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson High doses of an experimental heart medicine being developed by Merck & Co MRK.N continued to show beneficial effects on both good HDL and bad LDL cholesterol levels eight weeks after patients stopped...

In this article: Merck, LDL, Torcetrapib, Pfizer Inc, Cholesterol, Aldosterone, Revenue, Hormone, and HDL Cholesterol