« Brain Disease Found in 3rd Patient on Roche’s Rituxan | Main | Matrixx says FDA unwilling to change stance on Zicam »

October 27, 2009

Pfizer Unit’s Prempro Punitive Damages Verdict Remains Secret

Quoted from http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=ajS4lMTXVEnY

Pfizer Unit’s Prempro Punitive Damages Verdict Remains Secret

By Jef Feeley

Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- A Pfizer Inc. unit must pay an undisclosed amount of punitive damages to an Illinois woman who developed breast cancer after taking one of the drugmaker’s menopause treatments, a Philadelphia jury said yesterday.

Jurors deliberated 25 minutes before finding Pfizer’s Wyeth subsidiary was responsible for paying an award to Connie Barton. The specific amount of the award was sealed by the trial judge immediately after it was returned.

In September, the same jury awarded Barton $3.7 million in compensatory damages over the cancer linked to Wyeth’s Prempro hormone-replacement drug. Barton, 64, developed invasive breast cancer five years after she began taking the drug.

[Article continues at original source]

Posted at 07:53 AM in Prempro |

Tags: Prempro

Comments

Search Engine

  • Google

    WWW
    www.drug-injury.com

Patient Advisory

  • The prescription drugs discussed on this site are approved for use by the the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Patients should not stop taking any prescription drug without seeking the advice of their medical doctor. This site is not affiliated with any of the drug companies or the FDA.

Quick Contact Form

  • In a rush? You can use our Quick Contact Form to tell us the basic facts about your case.

Free Case Evaluation


  • We encourage you to submit a Drug Injury Legal Case Evaluation – it is free, confidential, and there is no obligation. Or, if you prefer, call our toll-free number, (800) 426-9535, to speak directly to attorney Tom Lamb about a possible drug injury case. Either way, you will get Mr. Lamb’s impressions — not an intake person, a paralegal, nor some other lawyer — about your case based on his many years of experience handling drug injury lawsuits.

Drug Injury Watch

Thank You For Reading


Subscribe to Lamb Law Office Newsletter

Subscribe to our Lamb Law Office Newsletter for periodic updates about some of the cases we are working on for clients. We include, also, an information resource you might find helpful in each Newsletter.

* indicates required