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Florida case could be giving Pfizer & Wyeth Night Sweats
December 30th, 2009 | 
Author: Is Prempro, the hormone drug known to increase the risk of breast cancer, a public hazard?
If a judge in Pinellas County determines that it is, hundreds of thousands of documents now under seal in lawsuits against the drug’s manufacturer nationwide could be released for the public to inspect.
The key to the confidential company records has ended up in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Anthony Rondolino’s hands because of a clerical misstep and a unique Florida statute.
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Monday, though attorneys were negotiating a possible resolution late Thursday.
More than 9,000 women have sued Pfizer’s Wyeth unit, the maker of Prempro and Premarin, claiming its bestselling hormone drugs caused breast cancer and stroke. The vast majority of those lawsuits have been consolidated in federal courts in Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Nevada.
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