Florida AP reports that a federal judge declared a mistrial last Friday in a trial over whether Merck & Co.'s former blockbuster osteoporosis drug, Fosamax, causes painful jaw bone destruction.  The trial, which is the first of many concerning Fosamax,  started Aug. 11 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan.
The article summarizes the case this way:

Merck faces lawsuits by roughly 1,500 plaintiffs who allege Fosamax...