News And Updates
The following items are news releases relating to the H.R.T. (Hormone Replacement Therapy) Class Action.
| 2008 | |
|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2008 | Media coverage related to Madam Justice Gropper's decision (120 KB). |
| 27-June-2008 | On June 27, 2008 Madam Justice Gropper issued Reasons for Judgement holding that the American corporate defendants in this lawsuit, all members of the Wyeth pharmaceuticals conglomerate, fall within the jurisdiction of B.C.’s courts and may be held responsible to Canadian consumers. (See February 2007 entry below for further discussion of this issue.) The American defendants have 30 days to decide whether to appeal the decision of Madam Justice Gropper. If they do not, the next significant step in this lawsuit will be the “certification hearing” during which the Plaintiff will request a court order designating this action as a class action. It will be several months before the certification hearing can take place. See the Reasons of Madam Justice Gropper (102 KB) issued June 27, 2008. |
| 2007 | |
| FEB-2007 | Before a lawsuit can be considered a class action, the Plaintiff has to apply to have it “certified” by the court. The certification hearing in this case will not take place until the case management judge, Madam Justice Gropper, has heard a "jurisdiction application" filed by all of the American Defendants. The American Wyeth companies have filed documents with the Supreme Court of British Columbia requesting a stay of this action against them on the grounds that the court has no jurisdiction over them. The date for the hearing of the jurisdiction application is not yet known. |
| 29-JAN-2007 | Wyeth loses Prempro trial, ordered to pay $1.5 million in damages (73 KB) |
| 2006 | |
| 22-DEC-2006 | Canadian, U.S. breast cancer rates drop (89 KB) |
| 20-DEC-2006 | Reduced hormone therapy use may be cause of steep decline in breast cancer cases (60 KB) |
| 14-DEC-2006 | Decline in breast cancer cases likely linked to reduced use of hormone replacement (89 KB) |
| 2004 | |
| MAR-2004 | Hormone therapy raises risk of breast cancer recurrence (20 KB) |
| JAN-2004 | Canadian Cancer Society announces recommendation about combined hormone replacement therapy (15 KB) |
| JAN-2004 | Health Canada: Benefits and risks of combined (estrogen and progestin) Hormone Replacement Therapy (74 KB) |
| 2002 | |
| AUG-2002 | What The Experts are Saying Now: A Round-Up of International Opinion (34 KB) |
| JUL-2002 | Increased Risk of Ovarian Cancer Is Linked to Estrogen Replacement Therapy (22 KB) |
| 1995 | |
| MAR-1995 | Postmenopausal Estrogen Therapy and the Risk for Developing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (72 KB) |
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