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The anti-smoking drug Chantix has been linked to an increased risk of suicides, suicide attempts, aggressive and unusual behavior. The FDA has received hundreds of reports involving serious and sometimes fatal injuries linked to psychiatric side effects, and required that a black box warning about the Chantix suicide risk be placed on the medication.
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Chantix Class Action Lawsuit in Canada Alleges Pfizer Hid Suicide Risk
A class action lawsuit has been filed in Canada by three women from British Columbia who say that Pfizer did not give enough warning about the suicidal tendencies caused by the smoking cessation drug Champix, which is sold as Chantix in the United States.
Discovery Plan for Lawsuits Over Chantix Established by MDL Court
U.S. District Judge Inge Prytz Johnson, who is presiding over the consolidated federal Chantix lawsuits, has established a discovery plan for the exchange of information during pretrial litigation, which seems to indicate the the first Chantix trial is unlikely to reach a jury until at least 2012.
Pfizer Faces Criminal Investigation Over Rapamune Marketing
Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Wyeth’s promotions and marketing activities involving the organ transplant drug Rapamune.
Jury Finds Woman’s Breast Cancer Not Caused by Prempro
Breaking a five-case losing streak for Pfizer, Inc., a Philadelphia jury ruled late last week in favor of the drug company and its subsidiary, Wyeth, in a Prempro breast cancer lawsuit. While the jury did find that the company failed to adequately warn about the risk of breast cancer from Prempro, the plaintiff failed [...]
Prempro Lawsuit Results in $9.5M Award for Breast Cancer Survivor
In yet another loss for Pfizer’s Wyeth unit involving side effects of Prempro, a Philadelphia jury awarded $9.45 million this week to an Alabama woman who said that the hormone replacement therapy caused her to develop breast cancer.
Hormone Replacement Therapy Can Increase Asthma Risk: Study
A new study suggests that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can increase the risk of women developing asthma after menopause. While HRT has long been suspected of increasing the risk of asthma, researchers found that the greatest increase in risk came from the use of estrogen-only HRT therapy.
Prempro Verdict for Punitive Damages Reduced by Judge
A Pennsylvania judge has slashed a jury’s $78.7 million award in a Prempro breast cancer lawsuit, saying that the punitive damage portion of the verdict was excessive.
Chantix Attorneys Appointed to Leadership Roles in Federal Litigation
U.S. District Judge Inge Prytz Johnson, who is presiding over the federal Chantix litigation, has appointed 17 attorneys to serve in leadership roles in the multidistrict litigation (MDL). The Chantix attorneys will perform actions during pretrial proceedings that will benefit all plaintiffs who have filed a Chantix lawsuit in federal courts throughout the United States. [...]
Chantix Lawyers Set to Meet with MDL Court on Monday
Lawyers involved in the Chantix litigation, which was recently consolidated in federal court for pretrial proceedings, are scheduled to meet with the Court for the first time on Monday, to discuss management of the cases and the leadership structure of the multidistrict litigation (MDL).
Chantix Suicide Lawsuits Mount Against Pfizer
Three new Chantix lawsuits were filed last week in New York state court against Pfizer, Inc., the manufacturer of the popular smoking cessation drug. The cases were filed on behalf of individuals who claim that side effects of Chantix caused users to commit or attempt suicide, adding to the mounting number of similar suits [...]
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