Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against the Manufacturers of Prempro

CHICAGO-A nationwide class action lawsuit filed against the manufacturers of Prempro seeks to establish a medical monitoring class, personal damages class and a reimbursement class for all individuals who used or purchased the drug after November 1995. Lewers, et al., v. Wyeth, Inc. No. 02-C-4970 (N.D. Ill.).

The July 15 complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois came on the heels of a July 9 report from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHBLI) that announced it would halt a study investigating the effects of estrogen plus progestin therapy on heart disease and …