Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott slammed Merck & Co. of New Jersey this week for attempting to remove the pending state lawsuit accusing it of misrepresenting the safety of Vioxx. Merck is asking that the lawsuit be removed from state court to federal court. You can read about it on his site: here.
Abbott is a Republican who is also being mentioned as a candidate for Governor in that state.
My comment: It's interesting that while the G.O.P. as a whole is nationally the party that raises large sums of money from persons that work for pharmaceutical companies, a state A.G. takes such a public stance against Merck. His outrage is consistent with his strong law and order stances in the past.
