The tally of lawsuits against Merck & Co. in state and federal courts over its painkiller Vioxx is nearly 5,000 and growing, lawyers said in federal court Thursday, less than a week after the drug maker suffered a $253.4 million defeat in Texas state court in the first such case to be tried. Analysts have already criticized Merck's strategy in the Texas case, saying Merck's case was potentially strong, but that during the trial the company relied too heavily on scientific arguments, neglecting human ones.
August 26, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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