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Updated: 9:09 AM Jan 25, 2006
Opening Statements Wednesday In Vioxx Trial
Opening statements were scheduled Wednesday in South Texas in the fourth trial of a lawsuit filed over the prescription pain reliever Vioxx.
Posted: 9:15 AM Jan 25, 2006 |
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Opening statements are scheduled Wednesday in a Rio Grande Valley court in the fourth Vioxx-related trial against the drugmaker Merck and Company.
A Starr County jury of ten men and two women has been seated to hear the case in a Starr County state district court in Rio Grande City.
Two women were chosen as alternates.
They'll hear testimony on whether 71-year-old Leonel Garza's fatal 2001 heart attack resulted from 23 years of heart disease or about three weeks of taking Vioxx for arm pain.
Legal experts say attorneys for the Vioxx-maker may face its biggest challenge in the trial in the impoverished border county.
They say Starr County is in one of the most plaintiff-friendly regions in the country.
Merck faces hundreds of lawsuits from people who took the once-popular painkiller Vioxx before it was pulled from the market in September 2004 after a study showed it could double
risk of heart attack or stroke if taken for 18 months or longer.
Merck says no such risk has been shown for briefer usage.
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