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On 15 May 2012 the High Court refused special leave to appeal from the decision of the Full Federal Court to refuse to award damages in the Vioxx class action
The full court of the Federal Court of Australia recently overturned a damages award in the VIOXX class action, confirming once again that issues of causation are no less difficult to prove in large-scale class actions than in individual proceedings
On Monday, the Prime Minster Julia Gillard, and her New Zealand counterpart John Key, announced that both countries had signed a statement of intent to create a joint authority to regulate medicines and medical devices in both countries
