A Philadelphia jury yesterday awarded punitive damages to an Illinois woman who said Wyeth's Prempro hormone replacement therapy caused her breast cancer, but the world will have to wait at least another month before anyone knows how much.
As the jury in Common Pleas Court was nearing a verdict on how much to award to punish Wyeth, which last week completed a merger with Pfizer Inc., company lawyers asked Judge Sandra Mazer Moss to seal the amount until a verdict is reached in a similar case also being tried in Philadelphia. The judge agreed.
In late September, the eight-person jury decided that Prempro caused Peoria, Ill., resident Connie Barton's invasive breast cancer and awarded her $3.7 million in compensatory damages. But the jurors also found that Wyeth intentionally ignored evidence that the drug could cause cancer and so awarded Barton, 64, punitive damages.
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