New York State and City Seek Restitution Regarding Vioxx
October 18, 2007
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Health Regulation - Public Health
The government and citizens of New York State and New York City have had enough. On Monday, the state government filed a lawsuit with the State Supreme Court in regards to Vioxx, a drug that was pulled off of the shelves in 2004 due to the dangers that patients had in side effects. Those that have filed a lawsuit are stating that Mereck, the distributor of Vioxx, knew that their product, an arthritis reliever, caused heart attacks and strokes in many instances.
Other states have lined up as well for the restitution that they feel is owed back to those that were patients on Vioxx. There is a multi-million dollar lawsuit under litigation in all of these states, and the hope that the tax payers will be reimbursed is what those that have been effected as well as the state lawyers are hoping for.
