Jury says Wyeth drug caused woman's breast cancer
18683
A jury on Wednesday found that Wyeth's hormone replacement drug Prempro was a cause of a woman's breast cancer and ordered the drug maker to pay her $1 million in compensatory damages.
542146
A jury rejected the claims of an Alabama man who blamed the painkiller Vioxx for a heart attack in 2001.
710897
The decision comes as a major blow to Wyeth, based in Madison, N.J., which hopes to market the drug as the first nonhormonal treatment for menopausal symptoms.
65608
The chemical compound in the  abortion pill RU-486 blocked formation in mice of breast tumors  caused by a mutant gene blamed in many women's breast and  ovarian cancers, researchers found.
85956
A jury on Wednesday awarded a woman $1 million and her husband $500,000 in compensatory damages after finding that Wyeth's hormone replacement drug Prempro was a cause of her breast cancer.
567131
NEW YORK  - Many women who've had breast  cancer or are at high risk for the disease take tamoxifen for  years. A new study now shows that long-term tamoxifen use seems  to increase the risk of stroke, although the absolute increase  in risk is small.
567835
Mother unlawfully killed when drug was mistakenly fed into her arm via intravenous drip, inquest finds
718432
In women who've been treated for breast cancer, use of the drug tamoxifen can help prevent recurrence of the disease. Now, new research indicates that the drug works equally well in black and white women.
299298
Drugmaker Wyeth said a court in Maryland has granted the company's motion to exclude some expert witnesses from testifying that exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines can cause autism and rejected the compound's link to autism.
556052
Young women who have mastectomies should be given drugs to prevent the cancer returning, research suggests.
288845
A Los Angeles jury on Friday cleared pharmaceutical company Allergan Inc. and a prominent dermatologist of claims that they poisoned the wife of former studio head Mike Medavoy with an overdose of Botox.
562146
In women who&#39;ve been treated for breast cancer, use of the drug tamoxifen can help prevent recurrence of the disease. Now, new research indicates that the
362336
By Thomas Ginsberg, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Dec. 19--Wyeth Pharmaceuticals said today that the FDA has agreed to conduct a fast-track review of the company's new kidney cancer-fighting drug, Torisel.
294949
Jury selection will begin Monday in federal court in the first trial of 4,500 lawsuits filed nationwide that challenge Prempro, a hormone-replacement therapy that some women say causes breast cancer.
190896
A Los Angeles jury on Friday cleared a celebrity dermatologist and Botox-maker Allergan of claims that they poisoned the wife of former Hollywood movie studio head Mike Medavoy with injections of the wrinkle cure to cure headaches.
518392
Woman unlawfully killed when drug was mistakenly fed into her arm via intravenous drip, inquest finds
442676
(National-NBC) Nov. 30, 2004 - A medicine used to make a woman&#39;s bones stronger may also cut the risk of breast cancer in half.