Tag: Merck

Pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. Inc. is facing lawsuits that accuse the firm of downplaying potential negative psychiatric effects of its asthma medication Singulair, including thoughts of suicide. Singulair, also known as montelukast, was launched by Merck in 1998, with the product label stating that the drug’s distribution in the brain was “minimal.” The company also did not mention any ...