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Any corporation can make a mistake. Any drug company can manufacturer and sell a product that turns out to cause serious injuries. But, it takes a special company to commit fraud on consumers and to intentionally withhold important information from prescribing doctors. Merck has joined the special club.

From Pharmagossip:

Merck - Vioxx; "wanton and wilfull"

Poor Merck. Yesterday they received a fresh blow in the intensifying legal battles over their painkiller Vioxx.

The New Jersey jury in the latest case ordered Merck to pay $9m in punitive damages for engaging in "wanton and wilful" conduct leading to a heart attack in one patient.

This is in addition to the $4.5 million already awarded, but less than the possible maximum of $22.5 million (5 x $4.5 milion) allowed by NJ state law.

...the jury found that Merck committed consumer fraud through unconscionable commercial practices when marketing Vioxx to physicians; that it made misrepresentations that could have been misleading; and that it intentionally omitted material information about a link between Vioxx and increased risk of cardiovascular injury.

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