Sunday, May 22, 2005

law.com - Judge Rejects Class Action for Monitoring of Prempro Users

law.com - Article: "A Philadelphia judge refused last week to certify a proposed statewide class action in which women were seeking medical monitoring, linking an increased risk of developing breast cancer to the hormone-replacement drug Prempro.

Common Pleas Judge Mark I. Bernstein noted that both plaintiffs' experts agreed that determining whether a member of the potential class qualified for special medical treatment would require an individual assessment of the risk factors -- aside from Prempro use -- affecting each woman.

Bernstein wrote that the class could include as many as 720,000 Pennsylvania women who used the hormone replacement drug. " (Full article at link)

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