ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES MERCK FOR MISLEADING STATE AGENCIES OVER DRUG MARKETING
September 30, 2008
September 30, 2008
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 30 -- The office of the Florida Attorney General issued the following news release:
Attorney General Bill McCollum today sued Merck and Company, Inc. on behalf of Florida state agencies damaged by the company's allegedly deceptive marketing and promotion of one of its prescription drugs. According to the lawsuit, the company's repeated failure to disclose the adverse effects of prescription drug Vioxx while offering it to the state's Medicai . . .
Attorney General Bill McCollum today sued Merck and Company, Inc. on behalf of Florida state agencies damaged by the company's allegedly deceptive marketing and promotion of one of its prescription drugs. According to the lawsuit, the company's repeated failure to disclose the adverse effects of prescription drug Vioxx while offering it to the state's Medicai . . .