US high court to decide on allowing Vioxx suits

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Tue, 05/26/2009 - 08:09

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether shareholders can sue Merck & Co. over whether the drugmaker provided adequate information about the risks of its former blockbuster painkiller Vioxx before it was pulled from the market.


 

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