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Merck to plead guilty, pay $950M

Merck, the second-largest U.S. drugmaker, will pay $950 million and a unit of the company will plead guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge to resolve a U.S. probe of its illegal marketing of the painkiller Vioxx, the company and prosecutors said Tuesday.

Merck Sharp & Dohme will plead....

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