Wyeth Denied Summary Judgment in Mass. Phen-Fen Case

BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge has denied Wyeth Inc. summary judgment in a Phen-Fen injury suit, finding issues of fact as to whether the plaintiff’s doctor would have prescribed the diet drugs had he been provided with a different or additional warning concerning the risk of primary pulmonary hypertension.

On Dec. 13, Judge Richard G. Stearns of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts found the doctor’s testimony is sufficient, when considered with evidence that Wyeth suppressed information about the extent of the adverse drug reactions it compiled, to make out a prima facie case of a …