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Merck Vioxx related investor lawsuits update

While Merck would like all the lawsuits related to its Vioxx recall mess go away — it has already settled the lawsuits related to 60,000 American deaths — it seems that the crimes that it committed are so serious that the courts are not letting it off the hook. Since Merck also engaged in investor [...]


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Merck Vioxx related shareholder lawsuits in Supreme Court

I think even a 6-year old understands that companies exist for the sake of shareholders, but not solely for them. They wouldn’t survive if they did not take good care of their customers, and in recent years, the trend has been to also be good corporate citizens. Apparently, Merck exists even though it does not [...]


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Merck called marketing as science

You know I started to think that now that the victims agreed to a settlement with Merck and Vioxx settlement payments have started arriving, I wouldn’t have to remind anyone that Merck was responsible for the death of 60,000 Americans and it got away with a small penalty. That’s not the case. Merck is nothing [...]