Texas Jury Finds Rezulin Did Not Cause Woman's Death

FORT WORTH - A Texas jury's Feb. 19 verdict found that Warner Lambert, which manufactured Rezulin prior to being acquired by Pfizer in June 2000, was not responsible for the death of a woman who took the drug. Carroll Brown, et al., v. Warner Lambert Co., et al., No. N/A (Texas Dist. Ct., Tarrant Cty.).

The six-week trial focused on whether Doris Brown's ingestion of the diabetes drug caused her to develop liver problems, which eventually led to her death in August 1998. Attorneys for Pfizer argued that drug was effective and was carefully studied before and after it went …