TRENTON, N.J. — If brand-name prescription medicines cost you as little as generic pills, which would you choose? A few drugmakers are betting Americans will stick with the name they know. They’ve begun offering U.S. patients coupons to reduce copayments ...

Tagged with: generic medications merck & co. pfizer

Merck & Co. plans to cut as many as 13,000 more jobs under a new round of restructuring as the drugmaker prepares for generic competition for its top-selling drug and slower revenue growth in the U.S. and Europe. The announcement ...

Tagged with: blockbuster drugmaker job cuts jobs merck & co. revenue second quarter

A federal judge will not interview a juror despite her claims that she was “coerced” into agreeing with a verdict awarding $550,000 to a former Merck & Co. employee in a wrongful-termination lawsuit. U.S. District Court Judge Benson Everett Legg, ...

Tagged with: denied employee federal judge merck merck & co. U.S. District Court wrongful termination

This week’s top 5 stories in law include a story about a woman who claimed to be fired in retaliation and a story about a lawyer who overcame substance abuse problems to become the Baltimore County Bar Association’s pro bono ...

Tagged with: alison asti BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport contributory negligence election day merck & co. pro bono retaliation

Trial began Monday afternoon in the case of a former Merck & Co. saleswoman who claims she was fired two years ago in retaliation for reporting her supervisor’s violations of the pharmaceutical giant’s corporate policies. Jennifer Scott had complained to ...

Tagged with: Baltimore ethics fired lawsuit maryland merck & co. pharmaceutical retaliation U.S. District Court violations