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Premarin
Pfizer Settles More Premarin, Prempro Breast Cancer Lawsuits
Dec 20, 2011
| Parker Waichman LLP
Nearly 5,000 of the 10,000 breast cancer lawsuits Pfizer faced over its Prempro and Premarin hormone therapy drugs have been settled. According...
Pfizer Eyeing Prempro Lawsuit Settlements
May 17, 2011
| Parker Waichman LLP
It looks like Pfizer has had enough of the litigation surrounding its hormone therapy medication, Prempro. According to a filing with the...
High Court Denies Wyeth's Appeal in Premarin, Prempro Lawsuit
Jun 22, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
Pfizer Inc.’s Wyeth unit won’t be able to have a full new trial in a case involving its hormone replacement therapy drugs, Prempro and...
Dismissal of HRT Lawsuits Reversed
Jan 7, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
Plaintiffs in 100 lawsuits involving Prempro and other hormone replacement therapy drugs got a reprieve yesterday, when the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Breast Cancer Survivor Files Suit Over Premarin, Prempro
Jan 5, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
A Virginia breast cancer survivor says her use of the hormone therapy drugs Prempro and Premarin caused her disease. Tina Griffin of...
HRT Study: Tenderness May Be Breast Cancer Warning Sign
Oct 13, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP
Issues surrounding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are again making news. This time, reports Reuters, women who experience breast tenderness...
Unsealed Docs In Prempro, Premarin Lawsuits Highlight Wyeth Ghostwriting Efforts
Aug 5, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP
Wyeth-paid ghostwriters authored more than two dozen medical journal articles to promote hormone replacement therapy. According to a report in The...
More Evidence Links HRT to Breast Cancer
Feb 5, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP
Studies have long been pointing to the link between Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) drugs like Prempro and an increase in some cancers. Now,...
Brain Shrinkage Seen with Hormone Replacement Therapy
Jan 14, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP, LLP
Much has come out about the risks of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs like Premarin and Prempro, especially as a result of the massive...
Wyeth Ghostwriting Allegations Investigated
Dec 22, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
A publisher is investigating allegations that Wyeth Pharmaceuticals paid ghostwriters to author favorable articles about its hormone replacement...
