TRENTON, N.J. — Merck & Co. said Friday that it will pay $4.85 billion to end thousands of state and federal lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx in one of the largest drug settlements ever. Company ...

ANGLETON, Texas – A Texas jury found pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. liable Friday for the death of a man who took the once-popular painkiller Vioxx, awarding his widow $253.4 million in damages in ...

A Texas jury yesterday found pharmaceutical giant Merck responsible for the death of a 59-year-old triathlete who was taking the company’s once-popular painkiller, Vioxx. The jury hearing the first ...

Jury selection is to begin this week in the first Midwest trial over the painkiller Vioxx, which Merck & Co. withdrew in 2004 after research showed it increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Merck & Co. won a crucial legal victory on Thursday, when jurors decided that the drugmaker's Vioxx painkiller, now the subject of at least 16,000 product liability ...