Connie Barton and Donna Kendall have something in common: they stood up to one of the largest and most powerful drug companies in court - and won. Today in Philadelphia, Penn., their verdicts against Wyeth (a division of Pfizer) over its hormone therapy drugs Premarin and Prempro were released. In each case, the jury awarded the women significant compensatory and punitive damages ranging from more than $34 million to $78 million. This is just the tip of the iceberg as Wyeth faces lawsuits from more than 10,000 additional women who also claim that Wyeth's drugs gave them breast cancer.
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