Tens of thousands of people suffer heart damage as a result of taking Vioxx
February 7, 2005 07:56

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... as many as 140,000 American patients may have suffered heart damage from the arthritis drug Vioxx...

"On 9/11, 3000 people died. With Vioxx, ten to fifteen times that number died... it is a national catastrophe." -- Dr. David Graham, senior drug safety researcher, the FDA

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Video : News on Vioxx MDL Litigation.

The legal battle over the prescription drug Vioxx could play out in front of the nation from Southwest Florida. A panel of seven federal judges chose the federal courthouse in Fort Myers to hold their multi-district litigation proceedings. Victims of the drug say it's a step in the right direction for justice against a company that took too long to pull its product off the shelves.