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Vioxx manufacturer Merck & Co. would then open its defense with testimony from Dr. Alan Nies , a retired Merck executive who ran the effort to bring Vioxx to the market.Robert Ernst , 59 , a produce manager at a Wal-Mart who ran marathons and also worked as a personal trainer , took Vioxx for eight months to ease pain in his hands . Merck in August lost its first product liability case in Texas over the death of another Vioxx user , and 5,000 similar lawsuits are pending.Merck voluntarily pulled the drug from the market a year ago after its own study found that more than 18 months of Vioxx use could double the risk of heart attack and stroke.Higbee said the court had not been made aware of the nature of Morrison 's testimony in advance.The judge 's actions went beyond the request Humeston 's lawyers made Thursday to strike only Morrison 's testimony about certain animal studies.Higbee called for a brief break after her ruling . Those who wanted to extend the Pickwick experience beyond the book could buy Pickwick products . Until you send an electronic mail message to me , I will not consider you registered for the class , and I will drop those of you on the course lists who do not get electronic mail accounts . Sorries : Inflexible guidelines ; insufficient money in the system for operating support ; that grantmaking has n't encouraged enough marketing among institutions so they can sustain themselves beyond the grant period . If you send a message to the class listserv , your message will go to everyone in the class . London is a city that absolutely vibrates with history - - to walk its streets is to understand what animated Dickens ' fiction , what inspired the special modernism of Virginia Woolf and her Bloomsbury coterie , what the Blitz meant for a city that had long regarded itself as the capital of the world . Whenever possible , include links to articles or sites that pertain to your post . If you send a message to oconnor203@dept.english.upenn.edu , your message will go to everyone in the class .