In 2000, amid rising concerns that its painkiller Vioxx posed heart risks, Merck overruled one of its own scientist after he suggested that a patient in clinical trial had probably died of a heart attack.

A lawsuit was filed Monday in the Supreme Court of the State of New York on behalf on plaintiff Harry E. French, Jr., who alleges he developed Serzone-induced hepatitis on or about December 2000 and March 2001. (A copy of the complaint is attached.)

A lawsuit recently filed against the makers of Vioxx alleges that Merck knew, or should have known of the harmful side effects of Vioxx, but continued to market the drug without warning the public about the dangers. The lawsuit is one of 11 lawsuits that have been filed against Merck by the firm of …

An Alabama couple have sued Boca Raon, Florida-based Rexall Sundown, Inc. and Rexall’s subsidiary, Richardson Labs, the manufacturers and sellers of the dietary supplement Metab-O-Lite, alleging negligence, manufacturing defects and fraud. Plaintifs Mary E. McAdams and her husband, Everett W. …

The first trial in the country involving Bayer's cholesterol lowering medication, Baycol, began on February 18th in Corpus Christi, Texas. The plaintiff was given samples of Baycol in May 2001 and within weeks was hospitalized with rhaddomyolysis. Rhaddomyolysis is a very serious condition character…