March 22, 2013
A Missouri judge on Friday rejected a doctor's testimony arguing the contraceptive NuvaRing should be pulled from the market, but refused to exclude future testimony to that effect in the sprawling product liability multidistrict litigation against a Merck & Co. Inc. subsidiary.
October 26, 2012
A Missouri federal judge overseeing product liability multidistrict litigation against a Merck & Co. Inc. subsidiary over the contraceptive NuvaRing on Thursday rejected a bid by the company to seal a set of documents it argued could be damaging to its reputation.
February 13, 2012
A Missouri federal judge named three new cases as bellwethers Monday in the multidistrict litigation accusing Merck & Co. Inc. of downplaying the health risks of contraceptive NuvaRing.
April 12, 2011
Attorneys for Organon International Inc. and plaintiffs accusing the company in a multidistrict litigation in Missouri of downplaying the health risks of contraceptive NuvaRing on Monday jointly offered a pathway for selecting bellwether cases for trial.
August 12, 2009
The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over Schering-Plough Corp. unit Organon International Inc.'s NuvaRing contraceptive has denied the company's request that the plaintiffs in the case share the cost of e-discovery, which has reached almost $2 million to date.
August 06, 2009
The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation regarding Schering-Plough Corp. unit Organon International Inc.'s NuvaRing contraceptive has rejected the company's request to have the master consolidated complaint in the case tossed.
March 23, 2009
Organon International Inc. is not allowed to have ex parte communications with plaintiffs' health care providers in the multidistrict litigation over the drug company's NuvaRing contraceptive, a federal judge has ruled.
March 09, 2009
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Wyeth v. Levine, attorneys for Organon International Inc. in the multidistrict litigation over its NuvaRing contraceptive have withdrawn a motion that sought summary judgment on preemption grounds.