N.Y. Man Blames Merck's Vioxx for Heart Attack
September 30, 2004
DOCUMENTS
- Complaint
NEW YORK - A New York man prescribed Vioxx for arthritis pain blames the drug for his heart attack and accuses Merck & Co. of negligence and fraud in its marketing. Hanson v. Merck & Co., No. 04-2949 (E.D. N.Y.).
William Hanson of Patchogue, N.Y., complains in a lawsuit filed on July 14 that ignored studies indicating a link between Vioxx and hypertension and cardiovascular disease but denied the links in publications of its own.
Hanson cites in particular a study presented at the European United League Against Rheumatism in June 2000, which showed a 'statistically significant increase in hypertension …
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