Did Merck & Co. imperil millions by hiding the risks of its painkiller Vioxx? Former NPR reporter Snigdha Prakash was “embedded” with top plaintiffs’ lawyers as they battled the drug giant in a New Jersey courtroom. Her riveting account is titled, All the Justice Money Can Buy: Corporate Greed on Trial. Join Prakash as she dissects the anatomy of a public health disaster blamed for up to 54,000 deaths. Why were the warning signs ignored, she asks? And, are we any safer today?
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