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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Oct. 5, 2006

Filing Deadline Passes as Cases Against Vioxx Rise 50 Percent

The number of Vioxx liability cases rose about 50 percent nationwide over the past three months as a key filing deadline passed last week, but a representative for Merck & Co., the drug's manufacturer, said the company will not know until mid-October how many more cases have been filled in California.

By Bobbi Murray
Daily Journal Staff Writer

    The number of Vioxx liability cases rose about 50 percent nationwide over the past three months as a key filing deadline passed last week, but a representative for Merck & Co., the drug's manufacturer, said the company will not know until mid-October how many more cases have been filed in California.
      At the end of June, there were 2,500 ca...

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