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	Merck & Co. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Merck and Co. traces its origins to Friedrich Jacob Merck (1668) and Emanuel Merck (1816) of Darmstadt, Hesse.
		Merck notified the FDA that it was withdrawing Vioxx from the market, and it publicly announced the withdrawal on September 30.
		Merck's stock fell $2.35 to $28.06/share (7.73%) in the minutes after the verdict was announced and three months later 7,000 Merck employees were laid off.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merck_&_Co. (1104 words)

	USATODAY.com - Merck plan to cut jobs, close plants doesn't help stock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Merck shares closed at $29.56, down $1.42 or nearly 4.6%, after the disclosure of what the firm termed the first step in a broader restructuring.
		Merck "is likely to remain a cash-rich, but earnings-poor company for the next many years, even with the restructuring," wrote Tim Anderson, a Prudential Equity Group analyst.
		Merck pulled Vioxx off the market in 2004 after a clinical study showed the drug could double the risk of heart attack and stroke in some cases.
	www.usatoday.com /money/industries/health/drugs/2005-11-28-merck-cuts_x.htm (684 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Memo shows Merck knew Vioxx's risk
		NEW YORK — Merck researchers sought to reformulate Vioxx in 2000 to reduce its cardiovascular side effects, even as the drug maker was publicly playing down a study that highlighted the pain reliever's potential risk for heart attack and stroke, an internal company document shows.
		Merck insisted at the time that this was a result of naproxen's cardioprotective properties and not any defect in Vioxx.
		Merck attorneys said the patent application proves only that the company sought to help Vioxx users who had switched from aspirin, which is known to help prevent heart attacks by acting as a blood thinner.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002345132_vioxx23.html (323 words)

	Merck
		Merck and Co. has been cited by federal regulators for numerous quality-control problems at a manufacturing plant where several important vaccines are made.
		A memo from Merck and Co. shows that, nearly a decade before the first public disclosure, senior executives were concerned that infants were getting an elevated dose of mercury in vaccinations containing a widely used sterilizing agent.
		For their part, Merck and other vaccine makers, along with many government health officials and scientists, say there is no credible evidence of harm from the amounts of mercury once widely present in kids' shots.
	www.vaccinetruth.org /merck.htm (2051 words)

	The Murky History of Merck's Vioxx
		Merck's (MRK :NYSE - commentary - research) decision to withdraw its popular arthritis drug Vioxx from the market in late September has raised questions about the process leading up to its regulatory approval in 1999 as well as the importance of subsequent medical studies.
		Merck says rates of cardiovascular risk were "similar" among patients taking Vioxx, placebo or other pain relievers.
		Merck later speculates that the difference is caused by the heart-protective effect of naproxen rather than the heart-risk effect of Vioxx.
	www.thestreet.com /_googlen/stocks/biotech/10195104.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA (602 words)

	Merck says drug rushed \| Ocala.com \| Star-Banner \| Ocala, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Merck's David W. Anstice returned to the stand Tuesday after being called as the first witness Monday by lawyers for two New Jersey men who blame Vioxx for their heart attacks.
		Merck pulled Vioxx off the market in September 2004 after the clinical study showed it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes after 18 months' use.
		Merck, based in Whitehouse Station, N.J., sold the drug beginning in 1999 as a pain reliever for arthritis and osteoarthritis sufferers who found other pain drugs too harsh on the stomach.
	www.ocala.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060308/NEWS/203080337/1009 (704 words)

	Merck Wins Stock-drop Appeal - - CFO.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Merck had disclosed Medco's improper accounting policy during the 1990s, the Intelligencer noted, but after changing auditors in preparation for the IPO, Merck changed the language in its SEC filings.
		The appeals court criticized Merck for not disclosing the actual figures, but the judge reportedly ruled that the investor lawsuit was properly dismissed because the Journal "simply did the math," and analysts and investors could have done the same.
		Ambro ruled that Merck "should have disclosed [Medco's] revenue-recognition policy as soon as it was adopted," reported the Intelligencer, and he stressed that Merck was "treading a fine line" by failing to disclose the details of the accounting problems.
	www.cfo.com /article.cfm/5332750/c_5327347?f=home_todayinfinance (416 words)

	Merck Institute for Science Education
		The Merck Institute for Science Education was created in 1992 to coordinate and focus the science education reform efforts of Merck and Co., Inc. Its mission is to improve the quality of science education during the formative years of kindergarten through eight grade.
		The primary goal of the Merck Institute for Science Education is to provide all children with strong, inquiry-centered instruction that meets the emerging national standards in science, thereby raising levels of student performance.
		Merck Institute leadership is promoting the dissemination of its model programs through distribution of comprehensive yearly reports, prepared by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) at the University of Pennsylvania, as part of CPRE's long-term evaluation of Institute programs.
	www.nationalacademies.org /rise/examp67.htm (1097 words)

	Biggest Disappointment: Merck [Fool.com: Motley Fool Take] February 21, 2006
		In 2004, Merck pulled its Vioxx drug after it was shown to double the risk of heart attack and stroke incidents for patients taking the painkiller.
		Merck is just starting to battle the individual lawsuits by people who were affected by the drug's shortcomings.
		That's why Merck has the time, energy, and finances to keep its current presence strong as it bankrolls its drug pipeline.
	www.fool.com /News/mft/2006/mft06022140.htm (701 words)

	Merck Case
		While Merck executives sometimes squirmed when they quoted the "unbusinesslike language" of George W. Merck, son of the company's founder and its former chairman, there could be no doubt that Merck employees found the words inspirational.
		Merck had long been a pioneer in developing major new antibiotic compounds, beginnng with penicillin and streptomypin in the 1940.
		As Merck researchers methodically put the soil through hundreds of tests, Merck scientists were pleasantly surprised to detect strong antiparasitic activity in Sample No. OS3153, a scoop of soil dug up at a golf course near Ito, Japan.
	www.andrews.edu /~tidwell/bsad560/29MerckCase.html (2051 words)

	Merck's Deleted Data - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Merck recalled Vioxx after its own study linked long-term use of the drug to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.
		During the deposition, which also included attorneys for the drugmaker, they showed Curfman an internal Merck document dated July 5, 2000--after the VIGOR manuscript was submitted to the journal, but well before the study went to press.
		It indicated that two Merck authors on the VIGOR study knew of three additional heart attacks among Vioxx patients in the study, which had not been disclosed to The New England Journal of Medicine.
	www.forbes.com /technology/2005/12/08/merck-vioxx-lawsuits_cx_mh_1208vioxx.html (1153 words)

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		This lawsuit was considered to be one of the easier ones for Merck to win, as the man in question had only used Vioxx for 22 days, and federal courts tend to have a more business-friendly environment.
		Merck pulled Vioxx off the market last year after a study showed it doubled the risk of heart attack or stroke in some cases.
		But, if Merck can't win what some considered to be "an easy case," it likely doesn't bode well for either the retrial or other future lawsuit trials.
	www.mercola.com /track.aspx?returnUrl=/2005/dec/27/is_a_mistrial_good_news_for_merck.htm (688 words)

	CBC News: Merck closing Montreal plant, 235 jobs lost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Merck has not identified the other of its 31 manufacturing plants to be closed or sold.
		Merck said the cuts are part of a plan to save about $4 billion US by the end of the decade.
		Merck said it expects Zocor sales, which are expected to be between $4.2 billion US and $4.5 billion US this year, will fall to $2.3 billion US and $2.6 billion US next year.
	www.cbc.ca /story/business/national/2005/11/28/merck-051128.html?ref=rss (965 words)

	Merck News
		Merck & Co. and Novartis AG are seeking U.S. government approval of new Type 2 diabetes drugs they claim have milder side effects than current treatments.
		Merck appears positioned to benefit from a shift in diabetes treatments to a new class of drugs known as DP-IV inhibitors, according to a recent report by Morgan Stanley.
		Dow component and pharmaceutical concern Merck has advanced roughly 1.5 percent today after the company said its drug Januvia was as effective as the popular diabetes drug Glucotrol in reducing blood-sugar...
	www.topix.net /com/mrk (620 words)

	Small Firm Business - How a Small-Firm Attorney Took On Merck and Won
		He questioned her about a Merck marketing technique called "Dodgeball" that he contended taught sales personnel to dodge questions from doctors about the drug's hazards; he asked her about an internal document that said the Vioxx salespersons were to "neutralize" and "discredit" doctors who didn't prescribe Vioxx.
		Her explanations weren't helped by a letter Lanier produced from a Stanford University professor complaining to the Merck CEO that a Merck researcher had warned another Stanford professor to stop disparaging Vioxx in his lectures, or there would be consequences for himself and the university.
		Merck attorneys claimed unfair surprise, trial by ambush -- Lanier had only designated her as an expert witness on July 11, the day of opening statements.
	www.law.com /jsp/law/sfb/lawArticleSFB.jsp?id=1125318956643 (2796 words)

	NPR : Part 1: Documents Suggest Merck Tried to Censor Vioxx Critics
		Merck wanted Singh on board because he was a senior researcher on a seminal study of arthritis patients.
		Merck gave the study data to the Food and Drug Administration, and the two began a protracted debate over what the study meant, and what to tell doctors and patients about it.
		Merck documents obtained by NPR show that a detailed account of Singh's activities was now prepared for Sherwood.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4696609&sourceCode=RSS (2023 words)

	vioxx.com
		At Merck, we are committed to addressing medical needs through scientific excellence, an unwavering commitment to the highest standards of patient safety, and maintaining the highest ethics and values.
		We are responsible to our customers, to Merck employees and their families, to the environments we inhabit, and to the societies we serve worldwide.
		If you are interested in more information about Merck, we invite you to visit www.merck.com to learn more about our company, our research, and our values.
	www.vioxx.com /rofecoxib/vioxx/consumer/index.jsp (450 words)

	The Trentonian - Merck readies for round two in Vioxx war
		Despsite the lawsuits, Frazier said, "Merck’s future is both secure and promising." Last year, Merck voluntarily pulled Vioxx from the global marketplace after study results from its ApprovE study involving 10,000 patients showed several participants increased their risk for cardiovascular events after taking the drug for 18 months.
		Merck attorney Jim Fitzpatrick with Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP said the difficulty any attorney faces is presenting scientific data to jurors who are not scientists themselves.
		Merck is appealing the verdict, which awarded Robert Ernst’s widow $253 million in punitive damages.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15196492&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6 (758 words)

	Merck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Merck and Co., Inc. (aka MSD, MERCK SHARP and DOHME), the USA pharmaceutical company that was spun off from the German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA during World War I
		Merck Records, an IDM record label based in Miami, Florida.
		Johann Heinrich Merck (1741-1791), German author and literary critic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merck (144 words)

	Merck begins notifying workers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Merck & Co. workers in Georgia, rural Pennsylvania and Canada are among 7,000 employees to be laid off as the struggling drugmaker begins a global restructuring that aims to slash costs by cutting jobs and shuttering factories and research facilities.
		Merck officials were notifying workers at some of the affected plants on Tuesday, a day after the Whitehouse Station-based company announced the first phase of a wide-ranging reorganization meant to reduce costs by up to $4 billion by 2010.
		Merck's Canadian subsidiary, Merck Frosst Canada Ltd., is cutting 235 jobs, mostly by year's end, by closing its only manufacturing plant in the country, in the Montreal suburb of Kirkland.
	www.courierpostonline.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051130/BUSINESS/511300347/1003 (653 words)

	Merck Submits Biologics License Application to FDA for ROTATEQ®, an Investigational Vaccine for Rotavirus
		Merck submitted the application to the FDA on April 5 and also announced that it has plans to file for licensure of ROTATEQ in Australia, Canada, the EU and Mexico, as well as countries in Asia and Latin America in 2005.
		Merck & Co., Inc. is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first.
		Merck undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=22713 (556 words)

	USATODAY.com - Texas files suit against Merck over Vioxx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Merck, already facing more than 3,800 lawsuits filed for patients allegedly killed or injured by its Vioxx painkiller, was hit with a new legal attack Thursday as the state of Texas accused the firm of covering up the drug's health risks.
		The first-of-its-kind Vioxx case, filed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, seeks at least $168 million in damages from Merck, which withdrew the painkiller from the market in September after a study showed it increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
		"Merck acted responsibly — from researching Vioxx prior to approval in studies with almost 10,000 patients — to monitoring the medicine while it was on the market — to voluntarily withdrawing the medicine when it did," said a statement issued by Ted Mayer, the firm's national counsel for product liability litigation.
	www.usatoday.com /money/industries/health/drugs/2005-06-30-texas-sues-merck_x.htm (391 words)

	Bloomberg.com: U.S.
		Merck denies Humeston's claims that it hid the health risks of Vioxx before launching the drug in May 1999.
		Merck says Humeston's heart attack was caused by his age, weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and job-related stress.
		Merck experts said Vioxx poses no short-term hazard and that Humeston, who took 56 Vioxx pills for knee pain, was at risk of a heart attack for several reasons.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aYR6LAViOQ10&refer=us (938 words)

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		After the second report was compiled in November, the Merck executive in charge of vaccine operations at the West Point, Pa., plant took early retirement, according to a company memo.
		The Illinois Vaccine Awareness Coalition was able to get a copy of the FDA's report on the inspections at Merck that led to the closing of the PA facility last fall.
		When reading the report realize that Merck is one of the largest vaccine manufacturers and many of the vaccines your child receives are made by them.
	www.mercola.com /2002/jan/30/vaccine_plant.htm (599 words)

	Merck Technology Symposia 2007> EXHIBITOR Home
		Merck's Technology Symposium is Merck’s 11th annual Symposium and Tradeshow for over 500 Merck scientists.
		Merck scientists will have the opportunity to speak directly with vendor representatives in a Tradeshow format.
		Although the foci of the proprietary Merck talks differ within the context of Drug Discovery, all the events focus on the needs of the scientists to share ideas, discuss applications and discover real-life business solutions to enhance Merck’s success.
	merck.planetconnect.com (1056 words)

	Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia
		For over 8 years, employees of Merck Sharp and Dohme have worked with the Parramatta-Holroyd Family Support (PHFS) group to ensure that the children in the local area enjoy their Christmas.
		Merck Sharp and Dohme is a proud sponsor of the Australian Science Olympiads.
		Merck Sharp and Dohme is a member of Medicines Australia.
	www.msd-australia.com.au (187 words)

	ProfessorBainbridge.com: Merck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One important thing to take away from today's verdict, even though it will presumably be reduced by virtue of the Texas law on punitive damages, is that this was a case perceived to have causation problems that made it virtually unwinnable for the plaintiffs.
		As anticipated by this prior post, a Brazoria County jury found that Merck & Co. was liable for $253 million in damages ($24 million in actual damages, plus $229 million in punitive damages) as a result of its negligence in...
		Econbrowser: Murky future for Merck (Via Tom K) Two points to highlight in a seemingly articulate post on the dangers that Merck now faces due to the $26M liability the firm now has from a court case.
	www.professorbainbridge.com /2005/08/merck.html (1457 words)

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