Unusual Supreme Court Lineup Gives Merck a Win on Fosamax Litigation

Updated at 3:23 p.m.

In a win for Big Pharma, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday remanded a class of failure-to-warn tort claims against drug manufacturer Merck to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit for determination by judges, not juries.

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