TRENTON, New Jersey: Drugmaker Merck & Co. plans to appeal a federal court verdict that a former subsidiary caused the state of Massachusetts to overpay pharmacists for a widely used asthma medication, the company said Thursday.
After a three-week trial, a jury in Boston found Merck liable for about $4.6 million in compensatory damages. The judge hearing the case, U.S. District Judge Patti Saris, is to decide later on potential penalties, which Merck said could be substantial.
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