Judge Imposes Nearly $322 Million Fine For Illegal Marketing
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 19, 2012. American pharmaceutical company Merck, Sharp & Dohme was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris in Boston to pay a criminal fine in the amount of $321,636,000 in connection with its guilty plea related to its promotion and marketing of the painkiller Vioxx (rofecoxib), the Justice Department announced today. In December 2011, Merck pleaded guilty to violating the Food, Drug…
