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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ensure that compensation is paid to the hundreds of UK victims who took Vioxx from the makers of the drug, US pharmaceutical firm Merck Inc. The undersigned believe that the compensation fund set up solely for US victims is unjust and discriminatory and that the Government should implement legislation to prevent companies profiting from UK consumers whilst failing to safeguard against their products. More details
Submitted by David Standard of Irwin Mitchell – Deadline to sign up by: 27 January 2009 – Signatures: 247
Petition update, 24 March 2009
You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "ensure that compensation is paid to the hundreds of UK victims who took Vioxx from the makers of the drug, US pharmaceutical firm Merck Inc. The undersigned believe that the compensation fund set up solely for US victims is unjust and discriminatory and that the Government should implement legislation to prevent companies profiting from UK consumers whilst failing to safeguard against their products."The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page18678
Prime Minister's Office
More details from petition creator
A campaign has been launched by a group of British victims of the withdrawn arthritis painkiller drug, Vioxx, to challenge the manufacturer’s decision to only compensate victims based in the US. In November 2007 New Jersey based Merck Inc. announced plans to pay more than £2 billion to American victims of the drug in the biggest settlement of its kind despite making huge profits from selling Vioxx worldwide to an estimated 80 million people Vioxx was prescribed to 400,000 Britons at the time it was withdrawn in 2004 after studies showed an increased risk of heart attack and stroke to users. The decision by Merck to pay compensation only to US victims has incensed Vioxx users worldwide who claim that any decision to compensate people based on the country in which they live is unjust and discriminatory.
Current signatories
David Standard, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Joyce Robson
- Ben Parish
- Tony Culleton
- JOHN LITTLE
- Emma Withnell
- Vickie Withnell
- Alex Crabbe
- Mark Withnell
- Jamie Barnes
- jeffrey fawcett
- Dr Christine McGovern
- lorraine teasdale
- E Sanders
- Gloria griffin
- Cynthia.R.Alcock.
- CHARLES WILSON
- Gary Cummings
- DOROTHY WILSON
- Angel Wilson
- Leslie Thomas
- kathryn townley
- George Anderson
- caroline wood
- John Lewis
- Sue Lewis
- Helen Louise Richardson
- Ian Jolley
- Rosanna Notaro
- Lynne Snoding
- Ruth Barton
- Denis Barton
- scott haggett
- wendy hambleton
- julie Sherriff
- Arthur A Miller
- John Beech
- Mark Rathbone
- N.rowe
- Judith Anne Davison
- Peter Robinson
- Gerald Walsh
- john teasdale
- Gary Lucas
- lawrence duff
- marlene duff
- Pauline Withnell
- William Trayner
- Sandra Walsh
- stuart bate
- Mrs Jan Kennedy
- David Kennedy
- lisa johnson
- L . J . Daniels
- David Hebblethwaite
- ALAN MASON
- Anthony Taylor
- paul johnson
- Chris Hodder
- mia steinson
- james mckenna
- Henry Hutchins
- Val Baxter
- richard Haggath
- Louise Barnes
- Billy Crebbin
- PAUL COWEN
- Kenny Haley
- Linda Corner
- jim steinson
- SANDRA MURGATROYD
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- Teri Thompson
- Ian Fowler
- colin harrison
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- Mark Sanders
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- Barbara Adshead
- Tracy Carr
- tony allan
- Graham Thompson
- mike jameson
- Jim Hewitson
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- Jo Read
- Steve Thompson
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- Heather Hatch
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