Merck & Co., Inc. To Appeal Verdict In Texas VIOXX(R) Product Liability Case

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2006--Merck & Co., Inc. said today that it was disappointed a state court jury in Texas found in favor of a 71-year-old Texas man’s family which had claimed VIOXX caused his fatal heart attack in April of 2001. Merck will appeal both the compensatory and punitive aspects of the verdict.

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