Vioxx Payments to Start in August
23 July 2008
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Nearly 50,000 plaintiffs will begin receiving checks next month from Merck & Co. as part of a $4.85 billion settlement over the recalled painkiller Vioxx. More than 97 percent of eligible claimants have enrolled in the settlement program, according to the drug maker. At least 250 pending Vioxx-related class-action lawsuits have yet to be resolved. Vioxx was recalled from the market in 2004 after it was linked to severe cardiovascular side effects. Linda A. Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle 07/17/2008
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