UPDATE 1-Merck settles state Vioxx probes, to pay $58 mln
pharmiweb.co.uk     20-May-2008            

NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N: ) said on Tuesday it will pay $58 million to settle state investigations into its withdrawn pain drug Vioxx. The payment, to be shared by 29 states and the District of Columbia, resolves previously disclosed probes under state consumer... [read full story]                    


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