Colorado Woman Files Nationwide Class Action Suit Against Manufacturer of Prempro

DENVER - A Colorado woman filed a class action suit against the manufacturer of Prempro, seeking to recover damages for a proposed nationwide class of women who have not suffered any physical injury stemming from their use of the hormone replacement product. Pennie Alexander, et al., v. Wyeth, f/k/a American Home Products, No. 03-CV-00160 (D. Col.).

The suit, filed Jan. 24 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, claims that Wyeth promoted the drug as a 'fountain of youth' for menopausal women, but failed to warn about to the dangers associated with the drug and misrepresented information …