VIOXX litgation

You may be entitled to compensation if you have used the medicine VIOXX

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Information about Vioxx Litigation:

Vioxx is a COX-2 non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that was pulled off the market in September 2004 after clinical studies indicated that patients taking this drug for longer than 18 months were twice as likely to experience a heart attack or stoke as people in the general population.

In Merck's Vioxx Gastrointestinal Outcomes Research report published in the New England Journal of Medicine (November 23, 2000), Merck compared the effectiveness of Vioxx (rofecoxib) to naproxen. The study shows a statistically significant increase in heart attacks in the rofecoxib group (0.5 percent) compared to the naproxen group (0.1 percent). There were 20 heart attacks suffered by 4,047 Vioxx patients and 4 heart attacks in 4,029 naproxen patients. While the absolute numbers are low, this is a five-fold increase that statistically is highly significant and merited further studies. In addition the study reported increased problems with blood clotting that results in strokes and leg clots.

Unfortunately, for those who have been adversely affected by Vioxx, the recall has come too late.  Vioxx has caused strokes, heart attacks and death in countless victims across the United States. In the U.S, Vioxx litigation has already begun.

Vioxx has been marketed in more than 80 countries. In some countries, the painkiller is marketed under the name Ceoxx. Worldwide sales of Vioxx in 2003 were $2.5 billion.

Merck estimates 105 million U.S. prescriptions were written for Vioxx from May 1999 through August 2004. The company believes that nearly 20 million patients are taking Vioxx in the United States. Many Americans have commenced vioxx litigation to enforce their rights to compensation.

It is estimated that in Australia, some 300,000 patients were taking Vioxx. Australians are now seeking legal advice regarding vioxx litigation and their right to make a claim.

NEWS FLASH RE: VIOXX LITIGATION:

In the first of thousands of Vioxx lawsuits to go to trial, a Texas jury found Merck and Co. liable for the death of man taking its arthritis drug Vioxx and awarded his widow $253.5 million.
 

On August 19, 2005 a Texas jury ruled that Merck, the manufacturer of the one-popular painkiller Vioxx, is liable for the wrongful death of a man who had taken Vioxx and suffered a deadly heart attack in 2001. This is the first lawsuit that has been settled regarding serious cardiovascular side effects caused by Vioxx .

The plaintiff Carol Ernst, widow of a healthy 59-year-old marathon runner, sought damages in a civil case filed with the Texas Superior Court. Through this lawsuit , the plaintiff sought damages based on the premise that Merck knew about the serious cardiovascular risks associated with Vioxx but continued to market this defective drug while downplaying these risks.

Merck hit by double setback over Vioxx
Merck & Co. on Thursday suffered a double setback when a federal jury awarded $51 million to a former user of its withdrawn pain medicine Vioxx, and a New Jersey judge threw out a Vioxx verdict that had favored the drug maker and ordered a new trial. (Reuters, 17 August 2006)

We can provide you with free legal advice as to whether you should pursue a compensation claim through vioxx litigation.

Our Australian lawyers are aligned with well-known and leading U.K and American lawyers who are acting for litigants who have suffered significant injuries and disabilities as a result of taking Vioxx.

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