Vioxx litigation continuing

Two years after Merck pulled the painkiller Vioxx from the market, 10 personal injury lawsuits have reached a verdict, with mixed results. After a large multi-million verdict in the first trial in August 2005, the majority of cases (approximately 60/40), have been favorable to Merck. Nearly 20,000 cases are still pending, and obviously some format needs to be created in order to move these cases more rapidly.