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PPH Lawsuit News

April 29, 2004

“Texas Jury Awards Family $1 Billion in Fen-Phen Death”

The family of a Texas woman was awarded $1.013 billion by a jury in Beaumont, Texas, on Tuesday. The jury found the drug manufacturer Wyeth responsible for the woman's death four years after she took “fen-phen” diet drugs made by Wyeth.

Cynthia Cappel-Coffey took Pondimin between November 1996 and June 1997. In December of 2001, Cappel-Coffey developed primary pulmonary hypertension, a fatal lung condition that killed her last year. Jurors awarded her family $113 million in compensatory damages and $900 million in punitive damages after six days of deliberation.

Wyeth has set aside $16.6 billion to settle lawsuits brought by former users of fen-phen. Most of the remaining cases are related to heart-valve damage resulting from use of the drugs. PPH cases represent less than one percent of diet drug litigation, according to Wyeth.

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