[Gay State Conservative]

Wow! My Dad took Vioxx for some time before his passing.AFAIK he suffered no ill effects from having done so but it's still spooky to read this.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Check the Vioxx settlement.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-22/merck-agrees-to-pay-950-million-to-settle-u-s-government-s-vioxx-probe.html

Merck paid a $950 Million Fed Fine and plead guilty to a Misdemeanor Misbranding charge.

AFTER, they’d ALREADY PAID the surviving family members of 3,468 people they Killed with Vioxx while they were breaking the law by marketing the stuff illegally.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-27/merck-paid-3-468-death-claims-to-resolve-vioxx-suits.html

They admitted they broke the law, and that they were responsible for killing 3,468 people, and DOJ let them buy their way out of it.

Even without the human suffering these people are responsible for, stunts like This are a big part of how healthcare itself became so expensive we finally got hammered with a complete Govt takeover under Zero. We’ve been so busy paying to put people back together after drug companies Knowingly injure them, and our DOJ keeps letting them buy their way out.