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Debate over heart attack cause opens Vioxx trial

A trial over whether Merck & Co.’s Vioxx painkiller caused a Utah man’s heart attack began this week with the plaintiff’s expert witness testifying Merck distorted Vioxx’s health risks and the defense blaming the attack on the man’s coronary artery disease and other health risks. Dr. Jerome Avorn, a Harvard Medical School professor, testified by videotape ...

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