Wyeth won the first case in a series of lawsuits over its hormone replacement drugs on Friday when a federal jury rejected a woman's claim the drugs caused her breast cancer.
A jury ruled against Linda Reeves, 67, in her suit against the Madison, N.J.-based drug maker, the first of about 4,500 against Wyeth over hormone drugs Premarin and Prempro.
During the four-week trial, Reeves acknowledged not reading information supplied with the drug and said she left it up to her doctor to decide whether it was appropriate to treat symptoms of menopause.
Lyn Pruitt, an attorney for Wyeth, said the lawsuit was an "excellent" sign of how upcoming legal battles over the drugs would fare. Reeves' lawyer disputed that notion.
"Hundreds of thousands of doctors across the country still prescribe these products because they also believe they are excellent products with great benefits," Pruitt said after the verdict. "We intend to defend these products vigorously in every case."
law.com
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