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IN RE: ZOLOFT (SERTRALINE HYDROCHLORIDE) PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

  1. May 27, 2015

    Pfizer Says Zoloft Birth Defect Suit Can't Wait For Science

    Pfizer Inc. asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to deny a motion to dismiss without prejudice claims that the company's antidepressant Zoloft caused a child's birth defects, arguing Tuesday that the suit should instead be dismissed with prejudice because the plaintiffs cannot keep their claims open until science changes.

  2. January 26, 2015

    Expert In Zoloft MDL Was Properly Excluded, Judge Says

    A Pennsylvania federal judge Friday declined to reconsider her decision barring a plaintiffs' causation expert from multidistrict litigation against Pfizer Inc. over Zoloft's alleged link to birth defects, saying she had properly considered the expert's methodology without overemphasizing its lack of statistically significant findings.

  3. January 08, 2015

    Plaintiffs Can Introduce New Expert In Zoloft MDL, Judge Says

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday allowed plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation over Pfizer Inc. antidepressant Zoloft's alleged birth defect risks to introduce a new causation expert after the court excluded the testimonies of four previous experts they had brought in.

  4. November 05, 2014

    Pfizer Says Plaintiffs In Zoloft MDL Can't Prove Causation

    Pfizer Inc. on Tuesday pressed a Pennsylvania federal judge for summary judgment on all cases encompassed in multidistrict litigation over its antidepressant Zoloft's alleged risk of birth defects, arguing that the plaintiffs can't prove a link between the two because the court excluded their experts.

  5. October 21, 2014

    Pfizer Fights 'Do-Over' Of Plaintiff Experts In Zoloft MDL

    Pfizer Inc. on Tuesday fought what it called the plaintiffs' bid for a "do-over" on a Pennsylvania federal court's Daubert rulings in multidistrict litigation over its antidepressant Zoloft's alleged risk of birth defects, arguing that the plaintiffs should not be allowed to name a new expert after the deadline has passed.

  6. August 12, 2014

    Pfizer Wins Exclusion Of More Experts In Zoloft MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday prevented three more experts from testifying in multidistrict ligation that pregnant women's use of Pfizer Inc.'s antidepressant Zoloft causes an increased risk of birth defects, ruling that their opinions were unacceptable speculation.

  7. June 30, 2014

    Pfizer Wins Exclusion Of Professor's Report In Zoloft MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted Pfizer Inc.'s motion to exclude from multidistrict litigation the testimony of a Canadian professor linking birth defects to pregnant women's use of the antidepressant Zoloft, saying her methods are not scientifically sound.

  8. February 06, 2014

    Pfizer Wants Professor's Report Out Of Birth Defect MDL

    Pfizer Inc. on Wednesday slammed a report by a Canadian professor that linked birth defects to pregnant women's use of Pfizer's antidepressant Zoloft, asking the court not to include her testimony in multidistrict litigation in a Pennsylvania court over the drug.

  9. November 18, 2013

    Texas, Mich. Zoloft Suits Show No Deception, Pfizer Says

    A Pfizer Inc. attorney urged a Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday to toss a pair of product liability lawsuits pending as part of Zoloft-related multidistrict litigation, after arguing that the plaintiffs had failed to adequately allege under Michigan and Texas law that the antidepressant had been fraudulently approved.

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