Judge: New trial in Vioxx Case

August 29, 2006

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The $50 million compensatory damage award in a federal Vioxx case this month was “grossly excessive,” and a new trial must be held to decide how much drugmaker Merck & Co. must pay a retired FBI agent who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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