Mass Torts Update - Friday, September 19, 2008 8:32 - 0 Comments

Pharmacia & Upjohn settle two claims in Nevada trial

After little more than a week of trial, Pharmacia & Upjohn settled the claims of two women that its hormone replacement drugs caused their breast cancers. The company agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to settle the claims which were pending in a Nevada state court. Wyeth, the maker of Prempro and Premarin, two other hormone replacement drugs, had settled its claims in the same case a few weeks prior. These settlements against Wyeth and Upjohn are important benchmarks since both women used estrogen and progestin for less than five years. Wyeth and Upjohn have vehemently denied that there is any proof to suggest that short term use of their drugs can lead to cancer.

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