Jury Clears Merck in Latest Vioxx Trial
16th Nov 2006, 10:54 GMT
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal jury on Wednesday cleared Merck & Co. in the July 2003 heart attack suffered by a Utah bank credit manager who had taken the once-popular painkiller Vioxx for 10 1/2 months.
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