Jurors side with Merck in Vioxx trial
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_on_bi_ge/vioxx_illinois_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070313/2007_03_12t184312_450x266_us_merck_vioxx.jpg?x=130&y=76&sig=9diPNFSGuJ_o0h2Ct9WHaA--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Bottles of the prescription arthritis and pain medication VIOXX sit on a shelf at a New York City Pharmacy September 30, 2004. A New Jersey jury on Monday ordered Merck and Co. to pay $47.5 million in damages after finding that the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis drug, Vioxx, was responsible for a plaintiff's heart attack and that the company was reckless in promoting the drug. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jurors sided with Vioxx maker Merck & Co. on Tuesday over claims that its once-blockbuster painkiller was responsible for the 2003 deadly heart attack of an obese 52-year-old woman.</p><br clear="all"/>

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