Two recent reports have linked the osteoporosis drug alendronate (Fosamax) with rare but serious side effects. In a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine published Jan. 1, a Food and Drug ...

NEW YORK (Reuters), Sep 3 - Jurors heard sharply different closing arguments on Wednesday in a trial over whether or not Merck & Co.'s Fosamax drug treatment for osteoporosis caused a Florida woman's ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge refused on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Merck & Co Inc's osteoporosis drug Fosamax caused jaw damage to an Indiana woman during the nearly ...

(CN) - A Manhattan federal judge dismissed a Mississippi woman's lawsuit against Merck & Co., who claimed the osteoporosis drug Fosamax caused her jaw damage. The dismissal comes two months after ...

Both plaintiff and defense have presented their arguments over Merck's Fosamax and its possible links to jawbone death. Now it's up to the jury to decide. And what those 12 people will decide is ...

If you’re one of the 8 million American women with osteoporosis, your doctor has probably talked to you about treatment options to slow the disease’s progression and keep your bones in tip-top shape.

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) — Merck & Co. said Wednesday it won another lawsuit brought by a patient who said the company's osteoporosis drug Fosamax caused jaw problems. Merck, which faces more ...

Merck & Co., already battered by Vioxx lawsuits, is preparing for a blizzard of litigation from patients claiming they were harmed by Fosamax, the company's hot-selling osteoporosis drug. The ...

TRENTON, N.J.TRENTON, N.J. — Drugmaker Merck & Co. said it will challenge its first loss in a trial blaming its osteoporosis drug for destroying a patient’s jawbone after a federal jury on Friday ...

As Merck & Co. defends itself against a deluge of litigation involving its pain reliever Vioxx, the pharmaceutical giant also is fielding the first of what could be another wave of lawsuits involving ...