Vioxx plaintiff awarded 9 million punitive damages in New Jersey
A New Jersey jury ordered Merck backdated to the punitive level of nine million dollars to John McCarthy and his wife Irma for the Vioxx heart risk claims. The panel found Merck knowingly hid information from regulators and misrepresented risks to doctors. The award follows a four-year drug use and caps a five-week trial pairing with Thomas Cona. Merck plans an appeal.
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Irma
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McCarthy
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Hopeful news for women with harder to treat breast cancer
A study presented in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows modern intravenous chemotherapy to be almost as effective for nonhormonal breast cancers as for estrogen fueled tumors. Doctors emphasize tumor hormone status guiding treatment.
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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Eric Winer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston
Journal of the American Medical Association
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