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Find your Florida Vioxx Attorneys
below. I found out about a Vioxx settlement in a TV
commercial and quickly went online to find out more about
it. Because of this settlement, you and your family have a
stronger claim if a member has been harmed by this drug.
Where did Merck and Vioxx go
wrong as shown by this settlement? First, the drug showed
it harmed patients with possible heart risk after taking the
drug for at least a year and a half. Second, the company
may have gotten into trouble after the FDA sent Merck a memo to
correctly label this drug.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a memo to Merck's CEO
that states that the company is not labeling its product
accurately. The memo reads as follows:
"As part of its routine
monitoring and surveillance program, the Division of Drug
Marketing, Advertising, and Communications (DDMAC) has reviewed
your promotional activities and materials and has concluded that
they are false, lacking in fair balance, or otherwise misleading
in violation of the Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the
Act) and applicable regulations."
August 19, 2005
Vioxx®
Settlement
On October 1,
2004, an entry here (Merck
Withdraws Vioxx®) announced the decision by the company
for a voluntary withdrawal of their arthritis and pain
medication Vioxx® (rofecoxib) because study results showed that
patients who used the drug for 18 months had an increased risk
of cardovascular (CV) events, such as heart attack and stroke.
In the first personal-injury case over the drug to come to
trial, on August 19, 2005 a jury ruled that Merck & Co. must
pay more than $253 million to the family of a Texas man who died
after taking the company's Vioxx painkiller.
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