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Johnson & Johnson cheated out of $777,000

February 6, 2006
A medical device supplier from Louisiana recently admitted in U.S. District Court that he cheated Johnson & Johnson of $777,000 in rebates that his company did not merit. Gerald Tauzier,
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Potential New Orleans jurors get Vioxx retrial notices

January 23, 2006
Although New Orleans has fewer than half the residents it did before Hurricane Katrina, the judge hearing the first federal Vioxx trial has told attorneys he does not expect any
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Glaxo seeks preliminary bird flu vaccine approval

January 10, 2006
GlaxoSmithKline PLC said it is seeking preliminary approval in Europe to market a vaccine against pandemic influenza, which experts fear may be triggered by bird flu, the Associated Press reports.
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Alkermes, Eli Lilly enter drug pact

January 10, 2006
The Associated Press reports that drug makers Alkermes Inc. and Eli Lilly and Co. said that they have entered an agreement to develop an inhalable version of an osteoporosis treatment,
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Merck to eliminate 7,000 jobs, 5 plants

November 29, 2005
Faced with thousands of Vioxx lawsuits, the loss of patent protection for a key product and a weak array of drugs in development, Merck & Co. is axing more than
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Wyeth Pharmaceuticals opens $2 billion Ireland plant

September 12, 2005
Wyeth Company officially opened a $2 billion Irish production facility Thursday, September 8 — a move that will make the U.S. company the biggest pharmaceutical employer in Ireland, the Associated
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Merck blocks ethics expert at hearing

September 12, 2005
A New Jersey judge agreed Thursday, September 8 to bar an expert on business ethics from testifying on behalf of a man who blames his heart attack on the painkiller
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Jury awards widow $253.4 million in Vioxx trial

August 23, 2005
A Texas jury found pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. liable for the death of a man who took the once-popular painkiller Vioxx, awarding his widow $253.4 million in damages in
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Cardiologist clears Vioxx in man''s death

August 16, 2005
A cardiologist testifying Friday, August 12 ruled out Vioxx as the cause of a Texas man''s death who took the once-popular painkiller for eight months, citing the lack of evidence
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Jury selection starts in Vioxx case

July 13, 2005
Reuters reports that jury selection in the first of thousands of lawsuits against Merck & Co.''s Vioxx began on Monday, July 11 as the drug giant sought to defend itself
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