No- Risk Lawsuit Settlement Funding for Vioxx Class Action Lawsuit Plaintiffs

Plaintiffs involved in Vioxx, Fen-Phen and Zyprexa product liability lawsuits do not realize they can now get legal cash advances or lawsuit funding, while they are waiting for their lawsuit settlement money. It is called lawsuit funding and often referred as lawsuit loan, lawsuit financing, legal finance, legal financing, litigation financing, pending lawsuit loan, lawsuit cash advance, legal cash advance and lawsuit advance funding.

Vioxx is a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) developed by Merck & Co. to treat osteoarthritis, acute pain conditions, and dysmenorrhoea. Vioxx was approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 20, 1999. Vioxx was supposed to be the super aspirin and block buster arthritis drug that would relieve pain safely.

On September 30, 2004, the pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. had pulled Vioxx from the market following study results confirming earlier concerns that Vioxx increases the risk of cardiovascular problems, including heart attacks and stroke. In the year before withdrawal, Merck had sales revenue of US$2.5 billion from Vioxx.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in August 2004 that patients taking Vioxx have a 50% greater chance of heart attacks and sudden cardiac death. It estimates Vioxx may have caused up to 140,000 cases of serious heart disease since 1999.

Vioxx was sold around the world and in all it was taken by about 20m people. A large percentage of these people suffered drastic side effects including blood clots, heart attacks, and stroke. Nearly 4,200 individual and class action Vioxx lawsuits were filed in U.S.A, because of the different adverse effects of Vioxx.

Vioxx lawsuits fall under a category known as products liability, claiming that the manufacturers of Vioxx (Vioxx lawsuit defendants) or their distributors knew that the drug could cause harm. Merck has reserved $970 million to pay for its Vioxx-related legal expenses through 2007.

It does not seem fair for the plaintiffs, that even if they would win their Vioxx settlement lawsuit, they may lose because too little settlement money comes in too late. They need money now. Most of the plaintiffs, because of their medical conditions have missed work or lost their jobs. They can no longer meet their mortgage/ rent, medical bills, car payments, education expenses of their children and other monthly bills. Many of them may be one or two payments away from foreclosures.

But now this new risk free Vioxx lawsuit settlement funding or litigation financing program is great help to Vioxx product liability lawsuit plaintiffs. With a lawsuit cash advance or pending lawsuit loan, on your Vioxx lawsuit settlement, you reduce the financial and emotional stress on you and your family.

But in true sense, these are not loans because the money does not have to be paid back unless the case is won or settled. These are non- recourse legal cash advances. It carries no risk because Vioxx product liability lawsuit plaintiffs pay only when they get their Vioxx settlement money from Defendant Company.

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