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Article: Wyeth wins Philadelphia HRT trial.(hormone replacement therapy)(Brief article)
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- Pharma Marketletter
- Article date:
- May 21, 2007
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US drug major Wyeth says that the jury in the case of Merle and Steven Simon versus Wyeth, in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, which concerned a claim of increased risk of cancer due to use of the firm's hormone replacement therapy drugs Premarin (conjugated estrogens) and Prempro (conjugated estrogens/methoxyprogesterone) and found in favor of Wyeth.
"The evidence presented demonstrated that Wyeth acted responsibly by performing and supporting studies that examined the known and potential benefits and risks of hormone therapy and by ...