Shingles Vaccine
Eight people claim in separate federal complaints that Merck’s Zostavax shingles vaccine gave them shingles.
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Congress Asks Merck for Information on Cyberattack
Worldwide disruption from a cyberattack on pharmaceutical giant Merck this summer has led Congress to request a formal briefing with the company’s CEO and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.
Read moreMerck CEO Ditches Trump After Violence in Charlottesville
Under pressure after failing to condemn white supremacists this weekend, Donald Trump suffered another blow Monday morning as the CEO of Merck resigned from a presidential advisory board.
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EU Blasts Companies Over Merger Shenanigans
The European Commission on Thursday deepened its probe into three separate mergers involving Merck, General Electric and Canon, claiming the companies violated EU merger protocol during their acquisitions of other companies.
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Hundreds of Cases on Fosamax Fractures Revived
In a sweeping reversal against the drugmaker Merck, the Third Circuit revived hundreds of class actions by people whose thigh bones shattered while they were taking the osteoporosis drug Fosamax.
Read moreNew York Moms Call HPV-Vaccination Law Unconstitutional
A new New York law that lets doctors administer the HPV vaccine to children without their parents’ consent has triggered a federal complaint from five suburban moms.
Read moreMaine Mom Stumbles in Suit Over Faulty Birth Control
Though failed sterilizations are exempt from a Maine law that bars lawsuits over the birth of healthy babies, the state’s highest court tossed out a single mother’s wrongful-birth suit against the maker of her birth control.
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