Published: December 6th, 2010 • no comments
A federal jury in Virginia has passed Pfizer a defense verdict in a Prempro breast cancer lawsuit, say that the plaintiff was properly informed about the possible side effects Prempro, a hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
The suit was Georgia Torkie Tork, 65 in Federal Court in Alexandria, Virginia. After trial, the jury determines that you have not set, Wyeth could not adequately alert about the risk of breast cancer, and returned a verdict in favor of the drug manufacturer.
The decision is the fourth jury victory in a row for Pfizer a Prempro suit over breast cancer. However, that suffered drug maker several major losses during the trial that resulted in tens of millions of dollars in compensatory damages and punitive damages after other Jurys established its subsidiary Wyeth tries to downplay the risks relating to the drug.
Just a few days before the defence ruling in the action brought by Torkie Tork was issued, the Nevada Supreme Court confirmed a 58 million U.S. dollars decision in an other Prempro hormone replacement therapy action. In this case, the jury found that it was clear, knew the pharmaceutical companies and tries to suppress information about the risk of breast cancer, in connection with use of drugs. The award was divided between three women claimed suffered breast cancer because Prempro use. Two have died during the cases their way through the appeal wound.
Prempro is a hormone replacement therapy (HRT) that contains a combination of drugs Provera and premarin. The drug was originally developed by Wyeth developed, Pfizer acquired last year. HRTs use hormones and progestins, artificial hormone levels in women undergoing menopause due to surgery or women after menopause, offer hot flashes, irregular menstruation or weight gain boost to alleviate the symptoms.
2002 Published the national institutes of health results of studies that found higher risk of breast cancer, stroke and heart attack were women, HRT. The studies, part of women's health initiative, solved most of hormone replacement therapy Prempro pending currently across the country.
There are approximately 9,000 complaints about Prempro suits pending against Pfizer Wyeth unit. The lawsuits claim that plaintiff breast cancer develop the drug caused and that Wyeth failed to warn patients and physicians of the potential side effects of hormone therapy.
Tags: Breast cancer, hormone replacement therapy, Pfizer, Prempro, Virginia, Wyeth
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