In the first three of more than 150 lawsuits over hormone replacement drugs, a New Jersey court has ruled in favor of pharmaceutical giants Wyeth and Pharmacia in cases of deceptive labeling and marketing. Superior Court Judge Jamie Happas heard cases brought by women who took Premarin and Prempro made by Wyeth and Provera by Pharmacia & Upjohn Co.

The women claimed that Wyeth and Pharmacia were guilty of negligence and deception by failing to conduct more studies of the drugs’ side effects before releasing them onto the market. Despite their pleadings, Judge Happas held that while Wyeth and Pharmacia may not have researched as well as they could have, they did all that could be required of them by law.

This sets a shaky precedent for other defective drug lawsuits to follow.

The plaintiffs were taking the hormone replacement pills as therapy for the heat flashes and bone loss of menopause when they developed breast cancer.

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