All Articles Tagged With: "Prempro"
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Prempro Trial Ends in $4M Compensatory Damage Award, Plus Punatives
A Connecticut jury has ordered Pfizer to pay $4 million in compensatory damages to a woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer after taking the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medication Prempro, and the drug maker will also be hit with additional punitive damages by the judge as a result of the actions of their Wyeth [...]
Hormone Therapy Side Effects Linked to Breast Cancer Risk: Study
The findings of a new study appear to indicate that long-term use of any estrogen hormones for treatment of menopause may increase the risk of breast cancer.
Study Questions Link Between HRT and Breast Cancer
A new study raises some questions about the link between breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy (HRT), such as the popular medication Prempro.
Prempro Breast Cancer Damages of $45M Upheld
Verdicts of more than $45 million obtained against Pfizer by two women who developed breast cancer from Prempro were upheld last week by an appeals court.
Prempro Breast Cancer Settlements Reached in Thousands of Lawsuits
Pfizer has announced that an additional $68 million will be set aside to allow the drug maker to settle nearly half of the 10,000 Prempro breast cancer lawsuits filed against it.
Settlement Reached in Prempro Suit That Resulted in $72.6M Verdict
Pfizer has reportedly agreed to settle a Prempro lawsuit brought by three women, who were awarded more than $20 million each by a Philadelphia jury last week.
Prempro Breast Cancer Lawsuit Results in $72M Verdict
A Philadelphia jury has hit Pfizer with a $72.6 million verdict in a Prempro lawsuit brought by three women who alleged that they developed breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs. In addition to the compensatory damages award, the drug maker could face punitive damages of many times that amount depending on the [...]
Court Decision Threatens New Jersey Prempro Breast Cancer Litigation
About 150 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) lawsuits pending in New Jersey state court may be in jeopardy after an appeals court upheld the dismissal of claims that the manufacturers of Prempro, Provera and Premarin failed to adequately warn consumers about the risk of breast cancer and misled federal regulators.
Supreme Court Rejects Pfizer Prempro HRT Lawsuit Appeal
Pfizer will have to pay $58 million to three women who previously won a Prempro breast cancer lawsuit against the company’s Wyeth unit, after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to entertain an appeal by the company.
Pfizer Prepared to Pay $772M to Settle Prempro Lawsuits
Pfizer has reportedly settled a third of all pending Prempro lawsuits, and has set aside at least $772 million to resolve all claims filed by women who allege that the hormone replacement therapy caused them to develop breast cancer.
