Bill Maher Bill Maher – one of my very favorite comedians—pokes fun at our over-dependency on prescription drugs in his stand-up routine The Decider. I like how Maher says we “come up with the pill before the disease.” Sometimes it certainly seems that way!
Merck has reason to celebrate this weekend. A state appeals court in Texas overturned a $26 million jury verdict against the company in a lawsuit brought by Carol Ernst, whose husband, Robert, died in 2001 after taking Vioxx. In reversing the verdict, the appeals court found that plaintiffs had not proved that Vioxx caused Mr. ...