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• Recall of Lipitor Issued for 38K More Bottles Over Bad Smell

  November 1, 2010

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  About 38,000 more bottles of Lipitor will be recalled due to possible contamination with a pesticide that causes the bottles...

• Dilantin Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Lawsuit Results in $3.78M Settlement

  October 26, 2010

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  Pfizer Inc. has reached a $3.78 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a 9-year-old...

• FDA Adds Heart Disease Risk, Diabetes Warning to Prostate Cancer Drugs

  October 21, 2010

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  Federal drug regulators are calling for new heart disease and diabetes warnings to be added to a class of prostate...

• Prempro Side Effects Double Risk of Death from Breast Cancer: Study

  October 20, 2010

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  The findings of a new study link the side effects of Prempro, a Pfizer hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drug, with...

• Hormone Therapy Breast Cancer Lawsuits Can Proceed in State Court

  October 19, 2010

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  A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear an appeal filed by Pfizer has cleared the way for...

• Supreme Court Case Challenges Drug Maker Immunity from Vaccine Lawsuits

  October 12, 2010

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  The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case that could potentially mean the end of virtual immunity...

• Discovery Schedule in Chantix Litigation Delayed

  October 11, 2010

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  The first Chantix lawsuit is unlikely to be ready to go to trial before the second half of 2012, following...

• Lipitor Recall Issued for 191K Bottles Due to Musty Odor

  October 8, 2010

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  A recall for Lipitor has been issued by Pfizer, Inc. for 191,000 bottles of the cholesterol drug due to reports...

• ThermaCare Recall: Heatwraps May Leak, Burn Skin

  September 30, 2010

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  Pfizer has issued a recall for one lot of ThermaCare HeatWraps Menstrual products due to a risk that they could...

• DOJ Aids Lipitor Whistleblower Lawsuit but Declines to Intervene

  September 28, 2010

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  The Department of Justice (DOJ) has declined to take part in a whistleblower lawsuit claiming that Pfizer misled doctors about...