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AP Wire Vioxx litigation likely to span years
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Sunday, Oct 16, 2005
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Posted on Sun, Oct.
16, 2005
Vioxx litigation likely to span years
BONNIE PFISTER
Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
- As Merck & Co.
continues its defense in the second Vioxx product liability trial, many observers say settlements in the thousands of similar cases across the country are probably years away.
The individual physical condition of each Vioxx user, the fact that heart ailments are a leading cause of death in the United States, and Merck's steadfast resolve to fight suggests the day when cases are bundled together and settled is a distant one.
"It's going to be a war of attrition," said Anthony Sabino, a professor at St.
John's University College of Business in New York.
"I think plaintiffs will win some cases and Merck will win...
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