A Philadelphia Judge has postponed the liability phase of two fen phen lawsuits until July 25, 2005, New Jersey-based Wyeth said on May 27 in a statement.
The parties requested the second phase of the trial be postponed until July 25 to permit Wyeth and the plaintiff�s attorneys to pursue discussions of a possible resolution of […]

Wyeth on Monday said it supports changes in a nationwide Fen Phen Settlement, speeding up compensation for a large majority of class members who claim they suffured injury from taking Pondimin and Redux.
The agreement, labeled the 7th Amendment, creates a new claims processing structure, funding arrangement and payment schedule for the least serious but most […]

A Los Angles jury found in favor of 56-year old Larry Hines, in Larry Hines v. Wyeth, and awarded the California man $115,000. Mr. Hines claimed he suffered heart valve damage after using the “fen phen” diet drug Pondimin, a drug once marketed by Wyeth.
The jury returned their verdict after six hours of deliberations, in […]

Wyeth on Thursday said that a Pennsylvania jury found in its favor in four combined Fen Phen cases were plaintiffs claimed the company’s diet drugs Pondimin and Redux caused them heart-valve damage.
The jury found that Wyeth had not been negligent in its marketing of Pondimin or Redux, and also found that the plaintiffs had failed […]

A proposed settlement between drugmaker Wyeth and attorneys representing more than 100,000 former Fen Phen users, would expedite the review of the least serious but numerous claims, while allowing Wyeth to pay drastically reduced settlements.
The agreement, labeled the 7th Amendment, creates a $1.25 billion fund for a new class of Trust members, who opt […]

New Jersey drug maker Wyeth on Tuesday said that a Pennsylvania jury ruled in its favor in one Fen Phen case and awarded the second plaintiff $48,000 in compensatory damages.
Both plaintiffs had claimed they suffered heart valve injury from using the diet drug Fen Phen (Pondimin).
The company said in a statement that the jury’s […]

A Texas judge affirmed a jury’s award of more than $1 billion in damages against the pharmaceutical giant Wyeth to the family of a woman who died from lung disease that the plaintiff’s lawyers said was caused by her use of the diet drug Pondimin, also known as Fen-Phen.
Wyeth said it will appeal the verdict.
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A Texas jury awarded $1 billion to the family of a woman who died from lung disease that the plaintiff’s lawyers said was caused by her use of the diet drug Pondimin, also known as Fen-Phen.
Lawyers for the Pharmaceutical giant Wyeth, which made the diet drug, said they would appeal the verdict, in a […]

Majority Council, an organization of plaintiff lawyers who represent consumers injured by the diet drugs Pondimin or Redux, Tuesday said the $3.75 billion trust fund setup to compensate Fen-Phen victims is bust.
The group said that only 3,000 victims of the nearly 100,000 cases filed with the Trust have received the compensation they were promised […]

Dozens of claims filed with the $4.75 billion fen phen settlement trust do not have to be paid because they were “medically unreasonable,” said U.S. District Court Judge Harvey Bartle. Hundreds of additional claims will be reviewed in effort to prevent the settlement fund from running out of money, according to the ruling by Judge […]