Do No Harm

And if you do: tie victims up in court and bleed them dry!

NEW YORK (Reuters) - On the eve of a second court battle over its arthritis drug
Vioxx, Merck & Co. Inc. said on Friday it does not plan to enter into any global settlement of the thousands of Vioxx lawsuits it faces and is focused on "defending these cases one at a time."

"We are in this for the long haul," Merck General Counsel Kenneth Frazier said in a telephone briefing with reporters. "We have both the resources and the resolve to address these cases over many years." ... more...