IN RE DIET DRUG LITIGATION


895 A.2d 480 (2005)

384 N.J. Super. 525

In re DIET DRUG LITIGATION Frankie A. Brigman, Plaintiff, v. Wyeth, Inc., Defendant. Sarah Ann Gibson, Plaintiff, v. Wyeth, Inc., Defendant. Pamela L. Graber-Keith, Plaintiff, v. Wyeth, Inc., Defendant. Lea M. Morrison, Plaintiff, v. Wyeth, Inc., Defendant. Elizabeth Ward, Plaintiff, v. Wyeth, Inc., Defendant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Bergen County.

Decided April 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esther E. Berezofsky (Williams, Cuker & Berezofsky), Philadelphia, PA and Avram J. Blair (Williams Bailey Law Firm, attorneys), Houston, TX, for plaintiffs.

Anita Hotchkiss, and Charles E. Erway, III (Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, attorneys), Morristown and Anand Agneshwar, (Arnold & Porter, attorneys), New York City, for Wyeth Corporation.


WALSH, J.S.C.

The court has scheduled thirteen cases for trial on May 31, 2005.1 These cases involve two prescription diet drugs approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of obesity. The drugs, Pondimin® and Redux™, were marketed by Wyeth, which was formerly known as American Home Products Corporation (AHP). In 1973, the FDA approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for Pondimin®,...

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