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Merck to Pay $5B to Settle Vioxx Claims

Published November 9, 2007 at 3:00 AM PST

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

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Merck pulled Vioxx off the market in 2004 after a study showed the drug raised the risk of heart attack. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.