Wyeth to Post $58 Million Bond, Pay $1.6 Million in Fees in Prempro Case

摘要

Adding insult to injury for Wyeth, a Nevada judge has ordered the drugmaker to pay more than $1.6 million in attorneys' fees in a case in which the court found in favor of three women who claimed the company's hormone replacement drugs Prempro and Premarin caused their breast cancer. In addition, the company must post a $57.65 million bond. The payment covers attorneys' fees that the judge said were due to the company's "bad faith" in the case. "Because Wyeth responded to the plaintiffs' [settlement] offers with offers of zero, it is apparent to the court that Wyeth decided to gamble that the jury would return a defense verdict," District Judge Robert Perry wrote.