What's in store for Merck?

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: December 12, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

LEWIS KRAUSKOPF, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-12-2004

What's in store for Merck? -- Drug maker faces many challenges after pulling painkiller
By LEWIS KRAUSKOPF, STAFF WRITER
Date: 12-12-2004, Sunday
Section: BUSINESS
Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday

The end of Vioxx was the beginning of a new era at Merck & Co.

The withdrawal of the $2.5 billion painkiller - which a clinical trial found increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes - left Merck financially weaker, erasing more than 10 percent of its annual revenue and creating a liability nightmare.

But Vioxx was just the ...

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