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Merck, U.S. Settle Vioxx Marketing Case
by Michael McCoy
November 28, 2011
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 89, Issue 48
Merck & Co. has agreed to pay $950 million to the U.S. and 43 states to resolve criminal charges and civil claims related to its promotion of the painkiller Vioxx. The settlement concludes a seven-year investigation of the firm, which acknowledges promoting Vioxx for rheumatoid arthritis for three years before it won approval for that application. Vioxx was withdrawn from the market in 2004 after it was found to increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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