Woman wins $4 million in Prempro breast cancer trial 
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: April 27, 2012
Tags: breast cancer, drug litigation, hormone replacement therapy, HRT litigation, Pfizer, Prempro, Wyeth
A 65-year-old elementary school principal has won a $4 million verdict in Connecticut federal court against the maker of the menopause drug Prempro for causing her breast cancer.
Pa. court reinstates $28M punitive award in HRT case
Published: January 10, 2012
Tags: breast cancer, HRT litigation, Premarin, Prempro, product liability, Provera, Upjohn, Wyeth
A $28 million award of punitive damages was not unconstitutionally excessive in a product liability case brought by a woman who contracted breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy drugs, a Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Wyeth’s marketing efforts admissible in Prempro case
Published: January 10, 2012
Tags: breast cancer, HRT litigation, Prempro, product liability, Wyeth
Evidence of Wyeth’s marketing campaign for “off-label” Prempro uses was admissible in a product liability case brought by a woman who contracted breast cancer after taking the drug, a Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled.
Small firm turns the tide on Prempro litigation
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 18, 2011
Tags: breast cancer, hormone replacement therapy, hormone replacement therapy litigation, HRT litigation, Prempro, Wyeth, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
In the ongoing mass tort over the hormone replacement therapy drug Prempro, two small firms recently teamed up to break the defense winning streak in the trials.
U.S. Supreme Court allows HRT suits to proceed
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 14, 2010
Tags: HRT litigation, jurisdiction, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by several drug makers seeking to halt lawsuits brought by dozens of women who claim their hormone replacement therapy treatments caused breast cancer.
Prempro litigation slugfest continues
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: February 26, 2010
Tags: hormone replacement therapy, HRT litigation, Pfizer, Prempro, Wyeth
The Prempro litigation in Philadelphia is turning into a Rocky-style slugfest, with both sides vowing to continue fighting it out in court.
Latest HRT trial under way
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: HRT litigation, Prempro, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Proceedings have started in the latest bellwether trial in hormone replacement therapy mass tort litigation in state court in Pennsylvania.
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