Merck to pay $32m in Vioxx ruling
Drugs firm Merck has been ordered to pay $32m (£18m) in damages after its Vioxx painkiller was found to have contributed to a fatal heart attack.
A Texas jury awarded $25m in punitive damages and $7m in compensatory damages – holding the firm liable after a 71-year-old died after taking the drug.
Merck will appeal and said Leonel Garza had died after years of heart disease