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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.
Hormone Replacement Therapy Lawsuits Reinstated on Appeal
More than 100 hormone replacement therapy lawsuits filed by women who developed breast cancer after using Prempro and other drugs have been reinstated by a federal appeals court, which ruled that the cases were wrongly thrown out by a lower court in 2008.
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 Punitive Damage Awards Totaling $103M Returned by Two Juries
A Philadelphia jury hit subsidiaries of Pfizer, Inc. with $28 million in punitive damages on Monday in a lawsuit over Prempro hormone replacement therapy filed by Donna Kendall. Following the award, the Court unsealed a prior Prempro punitive damage award issued for $75 million in a similar case decided by another Philadelphia jury last [...]
Another Prempro Trial Results in Multi-Million Dollar Verdict for Breast Cancer
A Philadelphia jury has awarded an Illinois woman $6.3 million in compensatory damages in a lawsuit over Prempro and Provera hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs, which the plaintiff alleged was responsible for her development of breast cancer. The case will now enter the punitive damages phase of the trial, to determine whether more money [...]
Prempro Breast Cancer Punitive Damage Award of $27M Tossed on Appeal
A federal appeals court has backed a judge’s decision to vacate a $27 million punitive damages award issued in a 2008 Prempro lawsuit filed by a woman who developed breast cancer from the hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The appeals court has ordered that a new trial be conducted on whether the manufacturer is liable [...]
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.
