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alp227
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Tue Nov-22-11 06:00 PM Original message |
Merck Agrees to Pay $950 Million in Vioxx Case |
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DCKit
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Tue Nov-22-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. "The cost of doing business". |
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ChairmanAgnostic
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Tue Nov-22-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. even after spending a BILLION in ads, they still |
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Angry Dragon
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Tue Nov-22-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. And how much time is this people-corp going to spend in prison?? |
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cpamomfromtexas
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Tue Nov-22-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Vioxx killed my mother in law |
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Angry Dragon
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Tue Nov-22-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. May I assume there is no recourse for your family?? |
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cpamomfromtexas
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Wed Nov-23-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. They paid estate around $80,000 lawyer took $40K |
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nineteen50
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Tue Nov-22-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. The fines and penalties make crime by huge corporations so profitable they |
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OhioChick
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Tue Nov-22-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. $950 Mil is a drop in the bucket to them n/t |
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elehhhhna
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Tue Nov-22-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Vioxx generated $2.5 billion in worldwide sales for Merck in 2003 |
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Xtraneous
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Tue Nov-22-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Trusting big pharma and the medical industrial complex is just as insane |
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JJW
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Tue Nov-22-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. They shouldn't get personhood rights until they start |
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dballance
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Wed Nov-23-11 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm Sure there is no direct casual link but... |
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Vinca
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Wed Nov-23-11 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. Chump change to big pharma. |
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defendandprotect
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Wed Nov-23-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. Merck/Big Pharma are among our biggest criminals -- they'll do anything to make a buck -- !! |
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Desertrose
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Wed Nov-23-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. ....or a coupla billion bucks...... |
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Doctor_J
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Wed Nov-23-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. every month |
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Doctor_J
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Wed Nov-23-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. Whoa...2 weeks profit. that's going to make them think twice... |
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