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Jury Awards Widow $253.4M in Vioxx Trial

Last updated: 2005-08-19

Jury Awards Widow $253.4M in Vioxx Trial
2005-08-19

Category
Anti-inflammatory Drugs
Event
U.S. Painkiller Crisis
Company
Merck & Co. Inc.
Drugs
Vioxx
ANGLETON, Texas - A Texas jury found pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. liable Friday for the death of a man who took the once-popular painkiller Vioxx, awarding his widow $253.4 million in damages in the first of thousands of lawsuits pending across the country.... ...
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