Hormone Replacement Therapy News
New Hormone Therapy Message Board Offers A Discussion Forum For Patients
The law firm of Hissey Kientz, LLP wishes to announce the launch of its new Hormone Replacement Therapy Message Board (http://hrtboard.com/). The site will serve as a forum for hormone therapy users to share comments, read about the cases of other hormone therapy patients and answer frequently asked questions about hormone therapy. More »
New Ways to Investigate Untold Health Stories (Antidote)
By William Heisel
It’s not as seductive as a candlelit bedroom.
But a dinner with medical colleagues after a board meeting can exert a powerful a pull on talented scientists flirting with the drug industry. More »
Hormone Therapy Victims Win Important Appeal
On November 2, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in Scroggin v. Wyeth (Case No. 08-2555). The decision gives the green light for federal trials on Wyeth’s and Pfizer’s hormone therapy drugs. In affirming judgment on a jury verdict of compensatory damages, the federal appellate court rejected the defendants’ claims that plaintiffs like Donna Scroggin cannot prove that hormone therapy caused their breast cancer. It also found that the statute of limitations began to run from the announcement of the startling results of the Women’s Health Initiative study (“WHI”) in July, 2002. More »
Minnesota Supreme Court Confirms that Minnesota’s Statutes of Limitations Govern Out-of-State Claims
On September 2, 2009, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that Minnesota’s statute of limitations would govern all personal injury claims properly brought in Minnesota courts. In Fleeger v. Wyeth (A08-2124), the federal district court in Little Rock, Arkansas presiding over the hormone therapy MDL proceedings certified a question to the Minnesota Supreme Court as to whether Minnesota’s statutes of limitations would govern the claims of out-of-state plaintiffs who sued out-of-state defendants for claims that accrued elsewhere. More »
Wyeth settles two Las Vegas HRT lawsuits
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals has agreed to settle the hormone replacement therapy lawsuits filed by two Las Vegas women against the company. Vesta Woodhouse and Annie Woods had alleged that using Wyeth’s HRT drugs Prempro and Premarin caused them to develop breast cancer.