Alabama ? Merck & Co. won its second Vioxx trial in less than a week Friday when jurors in Birmingham rejected the claims of a man who blamed the once-popular pain medication for a heart attack in 2001.

The jury of eight women and four men needed only 1 1/2 hours of deliberations to side with the drug manufacturer in the lawsuit filed last year by Gary Albright, 57, of Chelsea.

A federal court jury in New Orleans ruled for Merck on Wednesday.

Another trial continues in Los Angeles, and Merck spokesman Kent Jarrell said six more lawsuits are set for trial between now and June, with the next slated to start in New Jersey on Jan. 16.