Drug company Wyeth pays big for causing breast cancer

Wyeth officials say their hormone replacement therapy Prempro is not the cause of one Ohio woman's breast cancer. But two jury decisions prove otherwise.

The first jury, in October, awarded Jennie Nelson and her husband $1.5 million in compensatory damages, validating Nelson's claim that her breast cancer -- resulting in a double mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation -- was caused by the Prempro she took for six years. When this verdict was ... Full Story »

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by Marty Heyman - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a potentially important story for patients taking this or other drugs. It reports trial results and awards and the opinions of both sides on the merits of the claims and case. It is a shame the blog author didn't have a quote from the pharmaceutical compay but he does try to provide some balance lacking that. Note that the heavily updated Bloomberg story (linked) manages to get some quotes from the company and a supporting spokesperson.

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