August 17, 2006
Merck Hit With $50 Million Vioxx Verdict
Posted at August 17, 2006 3:34 PM in Drug Products
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A New Orleans jury found for a heart attack victim in the latest round of Vioxx court battles. The jury awarded Gerald Barnett, a 62-year-old retired FBI agent $50,000,000 in compensatory damages. Mr. Barnett took Vioxx for 31 months and had had a quintuple bypass at the age of 58. The jury found that Merck, the maker of Vioxx, had failed to adequately warn doctors about the drug's potential cardiac risks.
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