Merck Wins Fourth Vioxx Trial in Federal Court
Merck pulled off another victory in federal court recently, with the New Orleans jury finding that Vioxx did not cause a 64 year-old's heart attack after taking VIoxx for ten months. The case took a bad turn for the plaintiff when he testified that he had stopped taking Vioxx about four days before his heart attack. He had maintained that he was on Vioxx continuously for 10 months before the event up until his testimony. A handful of trials in federal and New Jersey state court are slated for the new year.