Unpublished Works Considered Confidential in Prempro MDL

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The judge presiding over the Prempro MDL has signed the parties' proposed order to designate as confidential any unpublished data that may be the focus of ongoing research. In re: Prempro Products Liability Litigation. MDL No. 1507. Case No. 4:03-cv-1507. (E.D. Ark.).

Judge William R. Wilson Jr. of the US. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas signed the order on March 16, saying that premature data disclosure could "impede the publication of scientific papers based on the data."

Sources told HarrisMartin that a plaintiff expert had previously relied on unpublished data, and that the …