Andy Birchfield in the News

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Lead Attorney in $4.85 Billion Vioxx Settlement
 

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Federal Case on Merck's Vioxx Edges Toward Jury

Dow Jones Newswires | December 8, 2005
HOUSTON (Dow Jones) âe" The first federal trial on the risks of Merck & Co.âe(TM)s (MRK) Vioxx edged toward jury deliberations Thursday morning, with closing arguments from the two sides.

Jury begins deliberations in Vioxx case

The Houston Chronicle | December 8, 2005
Telling jurors their decision will have “far-reaching consequences for how drug companies conduct their business,” the attorney for a woman who believes her husband's short-term use of Vioxx caused his death asked the panel to send Merck a message.

Merck Executive Denies pressuring Doctor ver Vioxx

| December 7, 2005
A Merck executive denied today she tried to pressure one of the nation's top cardiologists into not publishing an article in a highly respected medical journal raising concerns that Vioxx could cause heart attacks and strokes.

No verdict set in Vioxx trial, jurors to return Saturday

The Houston Chronicle | December 7, 2005
Jurors deliberated about eight hours today without reaching a verdict on whether Merck & Co.'s Vioxx contributed to the 2001 death of a Florida man who had been taking the once-popular painkiller for about a month.

Merck exec denies pressuring doctor over Vioxx

The Houston Chronicle | December 7, 2005
A Merck executive denied today she tried to pressure one of the nation's top cardiologists into not publishing an article in a highly respected medical journal raising concerns that Vioxx could cause heart attacks and strokes.

Third Merck Trial

| November 30, 2005
Merck hid the health risks of Vioxx to protect profit, a lawyer representing the family of a man who died after using the pain reliever for 23 days told jurors yesterday in the first federal trial over the drug.

In the Courts: Vioxx Judge Allows Testimony from Cleveland Clinic Cardiologist

American Health Line | November 30, 2005

U.S. District Court Judge Eldon Fallon on Tuesday ruled that plaintiff attorneys can present as evidence a videotaped deposition from a Cleveland Clinic Cardiologist who has criticized how Merck handled the market withdrawal of the COX-2 inhibitor Vioxx in the first federal lawsuit related to the me…

Lawyer blames Vioxx for Man's Heart Attack

| November 29, 2005
A lawyer representing the widow of man who claims that Merck & Co.'s Vioxx caused her husband's death argued that taking the pain reliever for one month was enough to cause the 53-year-old man's heart attack.

Federal Vioxx Trial begins with Plaintiff Statement

| November 29, 2005
A lawyer representing the widow of man who claims that Merck & Co.'s Vioxx caused her husband's death called the link between the pain reliever and heart attacks the company's "dirty little secret."

Expert testifies Vioxx can cause Deadly Clots

| November 29, 2005
A nationally known pharmacology expert testified that the prescription painkiller Vioxx can cause blood clots like the one that led to the death of a Florida seafood salesman four years ago.