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A Texas jury leaves planet Earth to find Merck Merck may refer to:
  • Merck & Co., Inc. ( MSD, Merck Sharp & Dohme outside of the United States and Canada), the USA pharmaceutical company created from assets forfeited after World War I by:
 liable liable adj. responsible or obligated. Thus, a person or entity may be liable for damages due to negligence, liable to pay a debt, liable to perform an act for which he/she/it contracted to do, or liable to punishment for commission of a crime. , to the tune of $253 million, for the death of an artery-clogged man who once took Merck's 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.
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Title Annotation:Vioxx law suits
Author:Taylor, Jeff A.
Publication:Reason
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U7TX
Date:Nov 1, 2005
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