Vioxx caused Texas man’s death; Merck & Co. required to pay $253 million Friday, August 19th, 2005. Have a Vioxx legal claim? For a free, confidential legal consultation, Submit your Vioxx injury claim or call 1-800-471-3980 now. Of Note: Actual damages: $24.4 Million Punitive Damages: $229 Million $229 Million is the amount Merck made in sales of Vioxx from Oct. 2001, when FDA suggested the label change, to the February 2002 change. After two days of deliberation, a Texas jury awarded $24.4 million in actual damages and $229 million in punitive damages to the family of Robert Ernst, who died of a heart attack in 2001 after taking the painkiller and arthritis drug, Vioxx. The amount of punitive damages, $229 million, is the equivalent amount Vioxx maker Merck & Co. made on the drug in the four months between October 2001 and February 2002, the time between an FDA request to add a warning of cardiovascular events to Vioxx’s labeling and Merck’s addition of the warning. The request came as a result of a 2000 study that showed Vioxx users suffered five times as many heart attacks as those who took the older painkiller, naproxen. Vioxx Lawsuit Articles Vioxx jury finds Merck liable. Friday, August 19, 2005. Houston Chronical. Jury Finds Merck Liable in Vioxx Death and Awards $253 Million. Friday, August 19, 2005. The New York Times. Merck Is Found Liable for Man’s Death in Vioxx Trial. Friday, August 19, 2005. Bloomberg.com. « GPWLaw News Main Page. Posted: Friday, August 19th, 2005 at 11:12 am; filed under Harmful Drug Exposure, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Vioxx. Most Recent in Harmful Drug Exposure 11/14/07 - FDA Adds Boxed Warning for Heart Attacks to Anti-Diabetes Drug Avandia; Agency says drug to remain on market, while safety assessment continues 07/17/07 - Study: diabetics better off avoiding new drugs in favor of cheaper, safer old ones 06/29/07 - Failure-to-warn? Avandia may increase risk of heart attack by 43% 05/21/07 - FDA Issues Safety Alert on Avandia 03/15/07 - Driving while asleep among risks of sleeping pills Most Recent in Product Liability 11/14/07 - FDA Adds Boxed Warning for Heart Attacks to Anti-Diabetes Drug Avandia; Agency says drug to remain on market, while safety assessment continues 10/24/07 - Defribrillator leads recall: Sprint Fidelis lead fractures 10/22/07 - FDA: Statement on Medtronic’s Voluntary Market Suspension of Their Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator Leads 10/19/07 - Defect in Sprint Fidelis Defibrillation Leads; Medtronic Halts Distribution 07/17/07 - Study: diabetics better off avoiding new drugs in favor of cheaper, safer old ones Most Recent in Vioxx 12/09/05 - Merck & Co. deny New England Journal of Medicine’s claims it withheld negative information about arthritis medication Vioxx 08/19/05 - Vioxx caused Texas man’s death; Merck & Co. required to pay $253 million 12/08/04 - Merck & Co., Inc. Response to an Editorial Posted on the New England Journal of Medicine Web Site 09/30/04 - Vioxx drug recall; pain and arthritis drug shown to increase risks of stroke, heart attack 09/30/04 - FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Vioxx as its Manufacturer Voluntarily Withdraws the Product You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site. Comments are closed.

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