Thursday, June 22, 2006

Merck - Vioxx: first trial in "the city of LA"


California (california)...knows how to party (knows how to party!)
California (west coast)...knows how to party (yes they do)(that's right)
In the city of L.A. (city of L.A.)
In the city of good ol' Watts (good ol' Watts)
In the city, the city of Compton (city of Compton)
We keep it rockin! We keep it rockin! (come on, come on, come on...)

Thus spake Tupac.

Meanwhile, jury selection began on Wednesday in a lawsuit by a California man who claims he suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller Vioxx; one of more than 13,000 such claims brought against Big Pharma Merck in the US.

The SoCal man, Stewart Grossberg, claims he took Vioxx for more than two years before he had a heart attack at 66.

His case is the first to go to trial in California and one of some 2,000 filed in the state and consolidated in Los Angeles Superior Court by Judge Victoria Chaney.

More here.

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