Jury decides hormone therapy caused Utah woman’s breast cancer Jury decides hormone therapy caused Utah woman’s breast cancer By brooke adams The Salt Lake Tribune Published Sep 7, 2012 01:33PM MDT A federal jury awarded $5.1 million in compensatory damages to a Utah woman Friday after finding hormone therapy drugs caused her breast cancer and drug makers failed to adequately warn of that risk on labels provided to doctors and patients. The jury, comprised ... [News Source]

Courts » Jury to answer that question after thousands of women sue drugmakers. More than eight years after alleging hormone therapy drugs caused and promoted her breast cancer, Toshiko Okuda is finally getting her day in court. [News Source]

Courts » Jury to answer that question after thousands of women sue drugmakers. More than eight years after alleging hormone therapy drugs caused and promoted her breast cancer, Toshiko Okuda is finally getting her day in court. [News Source]

Women’s Health Disproportionately Impacted By Dangerous Drugs Congress is once again considering a bill that would eliminate liability for harm caused by dangerous drugs. This immunity is part of HR 5, which also seeks to prevent juries from awarding full damages for medical malpractice. Not only would this bill eliminate corporate accountability, it would disproportionately impact women. University of Buffalo law professor Lucinda Finley has written ... [News Source]

Pfizer Must Pay $10.4 Million in Prempro Lawsuit, Court Rules Pfizer Inc. must pay $10.4 million in damages to a woman who blamed the company’s Prempro menopause drug for her breast cancer, an appeals court said. [News Source]

Relief from Menopause Symptoms Short-lived for Prempro Women Suffering from Cancers CRESSKILL, N.J., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prempro promised women relief from menopause symptoms, but the relief was short-lived for the estimated 10,000 plaintiffs who developed breast cancer after ... [News Source]

FTC picks legal sharpshooter for U.S. probe of Google WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the Federal Trade Commission recently intensified its probe of Internet giant Google, it hired the high-powered Washington lawyer who helped send Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh to the death chamber. With little anti-trust experience but a long record of victory, Beth Wilkinson built a reputation as a tough litigator with cases like that of McVeigh and the ... [News Source]