Merck made a hit list of doctors who criticized Vioxx, according to testimony in a Vioxx class action case in Australia. The list, emailed between Merck employees, contained doctors' names with the labels "neutralise," "neutralised" or "discredit" next to them.According to The Australian, Merck emails from 1999 showed company execs complaining about doctors who disliked using Vioxx. One email said:We may need to seek them out and destroy them where they live ...The plaintiffs' lawyer gave this assessment:It…
