Merck wins.Merck Wins: A Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. jury gave Merck & Co. Inc. another court victory last week when it found the withdrawn pain medicine Vioxx Vi·oxx A trademark for the drug rofecoxib. Vioxx® Rofecoxib Pain management A COX-2 inhibitor used to manage osteoarthritic pain, acute pain in adults, primary dysmenorrhea. See COX-2 inhibitor. did not cause the heart attack of a 71-year-old retired construction manager. Merck has now won five of the eight Vioxx suits that have been decided in court, the company said. The Los Angeles case, the first Vioxx lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. to go to trial in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). , was brought by Stewart Grossberg, who started taking Vioxx in 1999. He suffered a heart attack in 2001. Merck said it is facing at least 14,200 lawsuits from people who claim to have been harmed by Vioxx. The drug was pulled from the market in September 2004. |
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