Merck Vioxx Payouts

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2004 file photo, Vioxx is arranged on a counting tray, laying on top of the bottle, at The Pennington Apothecary in Pennington, N.J. Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Monday, March 1, 2010, it's finished paying $4.85 billion into its fund to settle tens of thousands of claims that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks or strokes. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer, file)