text: Merck #39;s Board Adopts Severance Plan for Top Officials (Update5) Merck  amp; Co., seeking to keep managers from leaving after the withdrawal of its Vioxx painkiller, adopted a plan to give severance payments to more than 200 executives should control of the company change.
inputs: Merck #39;s Board Adopts Severance Plan for Top Officials (Update5) Merck  amp; Co., seeking to keep managers from leaving after the withdrawal of its Vioxx painkiller, adopted a plan to give severance payments to more than 200 executives should control of the company change.