Merck amp Co. was stung with two major legal setbacks over the withdrawn Painkiller Vioxx when a federal jury ordered the Drugmaker to pay 43 million Lrb Euro19 .2 million Rrb to a heart attack victim, and a state judge in New Jersey overturned a November verdict favoring the company.
Merck suffers 2 setbacks as it defends Vioxx lawsuits.