Merck & Co., Inc. Ordered To Pay $4.5M; Shares Fall After Losing Vioxx Trial

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Shares of Merck & Co. fell Thursday after a New Jersey jury found that the drugmaker concealed the dangers of its painkiller Vioxx in a split verdict that gave one of two plaintiffs in the trial $4.5 million in compensatory damages.

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