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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 [...]
23 Hormone Replacement Therapy Breast Cancer Lawsuits Dismissed
A New York judge has dismissed 23 hormone replacement therapy lawsuits filed by women diagnosed with breast cancer, saying that the risk of developing breast cancer from the drugs was well known and that the plaintiffs failed to file their lawsuits within the three-year statute of limitations in New York.
Prempro Lawsuit Jury Finds Wyeth Hid Breast Cancer Risk
In the second phase of a trial against Wyeth over their hormone replacement therapy (HRT) Prempro, a Philadelphia jury has determined that Wyeth purposefully hid the risk of breast cancer and awarded the plaintiff punitive damages in addition to the $3.7 million in damages awarded last month. The amount of the punitive damages award [...]
Prempro Side Effects Found to be Cause of Plaintiff’s Breast Cancer
A Philadelphia jury has ruled that side effects of Prempro, a hormone-replacement therapy drug manufactured by Wyeth, were a proximate cause of an Illinois woman’s breast cancer and determined that she should be awarded $3.7 million for her damages. The second phase of the trial, where it will be determined whether Wyeth was negligent and [...]
Hormone Replacement Therapy Increases Risk of Lung Cancer Death: Study
A new study suggests that hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which combines estrogen and progestin treatments, can increase a woman’s risk of dying from lung cancer by 71 percent.
