WASHINGTON U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey Judge Faith Hochberg has denied the Food and Drug Administration’s request to delay turning over documents relating to Merck’s painkiller drug Vioxx.
A lawyer, Eric Weinberg, requested the documents under the Freedom of Information Act. Weinberg made 10 requests between October 2004 and August 2006 and according to him, the FDA did respond to five requests, did not produce all documents for three of the requests in a timely manner and did not produce documents for two requests.
