Healthy Skepticism Library item: 7487

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Publication type: news

Campoy A.
Merck: State court judge declares mistrials in Vioxx cases
Market Watch 2007 Jan 18
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b335B5547-C809-4167-855F-618C772ABC4C%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo

Full text:

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Merck & Co. late Thursday said a state court judge in Los Angeles declared two mistrials after a jury failed to return verdicts in two Vioxx-related cases. The company said the cases were filed by two plaintiffs who alleged Vioxx contributed to their heart attacks. “Both plaintiffs failed to prove their case,” said Thomas Yoo, a member of the defense team in Appell v. Merck and Arrigale v. Merck, in a statement