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Merck, through its acquisitions of pharmaceutical benefits managers, could have potential antitrust
violations.
http://www.healthyskepticism.org/reports/2001/pharmacy 010627.htm
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Vitamin Cartel Fined for Price Fixing
The companies fixed prices in the European market through a cartel that had a "formal
structure and hierarchy," including a regular exchange of sales figures and pricing data.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicalscience/story/0,1129,603206,00.html
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DOJ/Antitrust Lawsuit Against Merck for Price Fixing
Allegations include participation in conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing the
price and allocating the volume of vitamin C manufactured and sold.
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f4600/4688.htm
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Legal roadshow rolls on to Brazil
Campaigners say that the companies are picking a fight with local legislation to intimidate
developing countries into buying medicines at prices set by them.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4172774,00.html
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Lawsuit claims life-threatening Vioxx side effects
The plaintiff suffered "dangerous, severe and life threatening" side effects that she
attributed to taking Merck's arthritis painkiller, Vioxx. [Forbes.com]
http://www.forbes.com/work/newswire/2003/07/02/rtr1018028.html
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Conflict Of Interest In Vaccine Research, Licensing & Policymaking
Michael Belkin alleges scientific fraud of recommending administration of vaccines that have not
been tested properly for safety.
http://www.laleva.cc/choice/vaccine_bekin.html
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Merck recorded revenue it never collected
Drugmaker recorded $14B in revenue since '99 that it never actually collected.
http://money.cnn.com/2002/07/08/news/companies/merck/
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Merck 'exaggerated' revenue in accounts
As investors fret over company accounts, a unit of the US drug giant says it booked $12.4bn in
revenue that was never collected. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2115428.stm
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Merck Under Fire for AIDS Study on Volunteer Patients in Brazil
Activists claim that the study was done in Brazil for the relative ease in finding HIV-infected
volunteers who were "treatment virgins."
http://www.aegis.com/news/mh/1997/MH970302.html
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