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N.J. Appeals Court: Hormone Replacement Therapy Plaintiffs Didn't Rebut Label Adequacy
Posted on 3 Oct 2011 by Tom Moylan

TRENTON, N.J. - (Mealey's) A New Jersey appeals court panel on Sept. 29 affirmed summary judgment in two hormone replacement therapy (HRT) cases in which the state's mass tort court found that the plaintiffs failed to present sufficient evidence... Read More

Tags: Wyeth , Loretta DeBoard v. Wyeth , Dora Bailey , HRT , Food and Drug Administration , Provera , progestin , Dora Bailey v. Wyeth , estrogen , Loretta DeBoard , Premarin , Litigation , hormone replacement therapy , mass tort , Upjohn Co. , Prempro , Pharmacia &amp

Supreme Court Won't Take Up Egregious Fraudulent Misjoinder In Hormone Cases
Posted on 12 Oct 2010 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 12 denied review of a circuit court ruling that 112 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) plaintiffs did not fraudulently misjoin nondiverse defendants in order to keep their cases in Minnesota... Read More

Tags: Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. , Wyeth , Judge William R. Wilson Jr. , Watson Laboratories Inc. , misjoinder , nondiverse defendants , HRT , personal injury , Wyeth v. Sandra Kirkland , Jurisdiction , Barr Laboratories Inc. , Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. , Litigation , Mead Johnson & Co. , multidistrict litigation , lawsuit , hormone replacement therapy , U.S. Supreme Court , Prempro , MDL , torts , In re: Prempro Products Liability Litigation

Duane Morris Alert: Big Win For Drug Companies Under The New Jersey Product Liability Act
Posted on 16 Nov 2011 by Duane Morris LLP

On September 29, 2011, in Bailey v. Wyeth, et al. , a New Jersey appellate court affirmed summary judgment in favor of two Pfizer subsidiaries and Wyeth, Inc., dismissing claims for violations of New Jersey's Product Liability Act (PLA). The claims... Read More

Tags: drugs , Wyeth , HRT , Pfizer , New Jersey's Product Liability Act , Litigation , hormone replacement therapy , Bailey v. Wyeth

Pennsylvania Jury Awards $72.6 Million To 3 Women In HRT Breast Cancer Case
Posted on 7 Dec 2011 by Tom Moylan

PHILADELPHIA - (Mealey's) A Pennsylvania state court jury on Dec. 6 awarded $72.6 million to three women who say they developed breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs made by subsidiaries of Pfizer Inc. ( Susan Elfont,... Read More

Tags: Wyeth , HRT , Susan Elfont v. Wyeth , Pfizer , Premarin , Litigation , hormone replacement therapy , Prempro , jury award , Provera were factual causes of the plaintiffs’ breast cancers

Williams Love O’Leary & Powers Files Prempro Lawsuit
Posted on 17 Mar 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PORTLAND, Ore. — Attorney Mike Williams announced March 11 a lawsuit filed by Sharron Selman, Joan Tope and Linda Narz, who want doctors to stop prescribing the hormone replacement drug Prempro and its active ingredients. At the same time... Read More

Tags: Wyeth , Sharron Selman , Mike Williams , Linda Narz , HRT , Pfizer , Multnomah County Circuit Court , Joan Tope , Williams Love O’Leary & Powers , new lawsuit filing , FDA , Prometrium , Litigation , lawsuit , hormone replacement therapy , Prempro , hormone replacement drug