Attorney Seeks More Timely Production of FDA's Vioxx Records

NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey attorney who represents several hundred plaintiffs suing Merck & Co. Inc. over alleged Vioxx-related injuries has filed a lawsuit against the FDA, claiming the agency has failed to comply with the time requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. Weinberg v. von Eschenbach, No. 07-1819 (D. N.J.).

Eric H. Weinberg of the Law Office of Eric H. Weinberg in New Brunswick, N.J., says in the April 18 complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey that he began requesting records and information pertaining to Vioxx from FDA Commissioner Andrew …