Michael Belkin alleges scientific fraud of recommending administration of vaccines that have not been tested properly for safety.

Allegations include participation in conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing the price and allocating the volume of vitamin C manufactured and sold.

The plaintiff suffered "dangerous, severe and life threatening" side effects that she attributed to taking Merck's arthritis painkiller, Vioxx. [Forbes.com]

Campaigners say that the companies are picking a fight with local legislation to intimidate developing countries into buying medicines at prices set by them.

Merck, through its acquisitions of pharmaceutical benefits managers, could have potential antitrust violations.

As investors fret over company accounts, a unit of the US drug giant says it booked $12.4bn in revenue that was never collected. [BBC News]

Drugmaker recorded $14B in revenue since '99 that it never actually collected.

Activists claim that the study was done in Brazil for the relative ease in finding HIV-infected volunteers who were "treatment virgins."

The companies fixed prices in the European market through a cartel that had a "formal structure and hierarchy," including a regular exchange of sales figures and pricing data.