MERCK is paying over 3,100 death claims under VIOXX settlement
NATIONAL – According to Bloomberg News, “Merck & Co. is paying claims by the families of more than 3,100 users of its Vioxx [rofecoxib] painkiller who died of heart attacks or strokes blamed on the drug, according to a law firm administering a $4.85 billion settlement fund.” The company is paying “about 3,000 claims for…