Archive for January 9th, 2009

Business Wire - Pharmacia and Upjohn Will Appeal Verdict in Simon Case, ‘Ruling is Not Supported by the Evidence’

Friday, January 9th, 2009

NEW YORK — Pfizer said its subsidiary, Pharmacia and Upjohn, will appeal today’s jury verdict linking its product, Provera, with plaintiff Merle Simon’s breast cancer. The case, Simon vs. Wyeth, et al., was heard in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
“While we have great sympathy for what Mrs. Simon and her family have been through, today’s verdict is neither supported by the evidence introduced during the trial …