Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9055

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Publication type: news

Tesoriero HW.
Merck Prevails in Vioxx Case Brought by Illinois Widower
Wall Street Journal 2007 Mar 27
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Abstract:

An Illinois circuit-court jury cleared Merck & Co. of responsibility in the fatal heart attack of a woman who took its Vioxx painkiller.

Frank Schwaller, of Granite City, Ill., sued the drug maker over the death of his wife, Patricia. She took Vioxx for 20 months and died in …

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