U.S. LAW FIRM FILED FIRST CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF ALL FRENCH CONSUMERS OF VIOXX

On August 29, 2005, the law firm of KENNETH B. MOLL & ASSOCIATES, LTD. filed the first class action lawsuit on behalf of all citizens of France who allegedly died or were seriously injured by the pain medication Vioxx. The suit accuses United States pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. of failing to properly research the known risks of Vioxx and warn French consumers of potentially fatal side effects. "Vioxx should never have been marketed in the first place,"said Kenneth B. Moll, whose firm filed the first worldwide class action regarding Vioxx last fall.

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