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.
Tag Archives: Breast Cancer
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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…
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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…
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Use of Anthracycline Breast Cancer Chemo Drugs Linked to Risks: Study
Researchers indicate that preliminary findings of an ongoing study suggest that health risks associated with a class of older chemotherapy drugs, known as anthracyclines, may outweigh the benefits provide for…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Tamoxifen May Increase Risk of Rare and Aggressive Breast Cancer
A new study indicates that long-term use of the breast cancer drug Tamoxifen can increase the risk that women will develop a rare and aggressive form of aggressive breast cancer.
