Kent Jarrell
Kent Jarrell
acted almost approval based clinical controlled data decisions medicine prior studies
Merck acted responsibly, from researching Vioxx prior to approval in studies with almost 10,000 patients, to monitoring the medicine while it was on the market, to voluntarily withdrawing the medicine when it did. We based our decisions on the data from well controlled clinical trials.
cases concern heart limited looking months patients risk
Cases we'll be looking at concern ingestion of Vioxx for 18 months or more by patients with limited heart risk factors.
case change defending unexpected
The new filings are not unexpected and do not change our strategy. Right now we are concentrating on defending each and every case we face.
cases close involve patients relatively small
For a relatively small set of cases that involve patients who used Vioxx for over 18 months, we will take a close look.
actions beginning
Merck's actions were appropriate from beginning to end.
authors proper scientific
Merck and the authors did everything in a proper scientific manner.
apparent behavior deception documents duped finally level litigation second shocked uncovered
It is apparent that Toyobo was duped by Second Chance. We were shocked by the level of Second Chance's deception when their behavior was finally uncovered because of documents that surfaced in litigation and through investigation.
cases exactly intend
We intend to try these cases one by one and that is exactly what we are doing.
available community data fda felt general medical process proper public sorts work
We had made all the data available to the FDA, the medical community and the general public in all sorts of ways. So we felt the most proper and most responsible thing to do was work that process with the FDA and the medical community.
enters fairly file judge quickly until verdict waiting
We have been waiting anxiously to file our appeal, but we have to wait until the judge formally enters the verdict. Usually that is done fairly quickly after a verdict is reached.
entering global intention relatively small
We'll look at a relatively small subset of cases. But we have no intention of entering into a global settlement of any kind.