Merck & Co. will consider settling a limited number of lawsuits over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, a spokesman said Friday. "Cases we'll be looking at concern ingestion of Vioxx for 18 months or more" by patients with limited heart risk factors, he said. The drug's link to heart attacks and strokes has spawned thousands of lawsuits and last week's $253 million jury verdict in Texas. As recently as Wednesday, company lawyers had said they planned to fight each personal-injury lawsuit.
August 29, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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