Jury awards $34.3M against hormone therapy drug makers (access required)

By Kimberly Atkins
Staff writer
Published: November 24, 2009

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In one of two hefty verdicts within a month, a Pennsylvania jury handed down a $34 million award against Pfizer, finding that the drug maker willfully failed to warn patients of cancer risks associated with the hormone replacement drugs Premarin, Provera and Prempro. The jury awarded $6.3 million in compensatory damages and $28 million in punitives ...
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