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Pfizer Inc. (JOBS) Jury Said to Award $75 Million Prempro Verdict to Woman

November 5, 2009 | 
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Bloomberg -- Pfizer Inc. must pay about $75 million in punitive damages to an Illinois woman who developed cancer after taking one of the drugmaker’s menopause treatments, people familiar with a sealed verdict in the case said.
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