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1/28/2010
Emily Mapp Brannon
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Prempro Linked to Breast Cancer

Just before Thanksgiving 2009, two juries handed down separate judgments ordering the maker of the hormone replacement therapy medication Prempro to pay former users of the drug more than $100 million in damages. The juries concluded from evidence present at the trials that Prempro use contributed to the women's development of breast cancer.

A Peoria, Illinois (IL) woman was awarded $75 million. The other woman, who lives in Decatur, IL, received a judgment for $28 million.

Pfizer, which assumed liability for health problems caused by Prempro when it purchased the drug's original maker Wyeth in 2009, has vowed to appeal both cases. This refusal to accept responsibility for the harm caused by Prempro comes in the face of conclusive scientific evidence that HRT therapies increase women's risks for breast cancer, blood clots, heart attacks and strokes.

Pfizer also intends to try to argue away its liability for overpromoting the prescribing of a potentially dangerous drug even though Prempro's prescribing information now warns doctors and patients about the drug's potential to cause or worsen breast cancer tumors that grow when exposed to large amounts of estrogen. Estrogen is the main active component of Prempro, and like birth control pills, the most-often prescribed version of Prempro also contains a form of the hormone progesterone.

Anyone injured by a prescription medication has been victimized at a time when they were already extremely vulnerable. Drug companies that make and push the use of medications that harm or kill patients must be held accountable. When it comes to the recent Prempro judgments, I hope Pfizer's appeals will fall on deaf ears.

EJL

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About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a Virginia injury law firm whose attorneys focus on personal injury and accident law and have experience handling cases fo victims of dangerous drugs and prescription drug errors. Check out our dangerous drug information page to learn more about side effects and recalls. We have offices in Virginia Beach and Hampton, VA, but we're ready to come to you anywhere in Virginia, including Norfolk, Chesapeake, Newport News, Portsmouth and Suffolk if you've been seriously hurt by someone else's carelessness.

Our firm has been recognized as one of the best injury law firms in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report since 2010. Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been named to the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009 and have been recognized as the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Shapiro and Lewis were also named Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010. Fewer than 5 percent of practicing lawyers are chosen to receive this honor.

In addition, our firm was the first in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Our VA injury law firm has the highest rating of AV from Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer ranking organization, which means we have a reputation for preeminent legal skill.

While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer free initial confidential injury case consultations. Call us toll free at (800) 752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail so we can get back to you.

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