Thimerosal-Autism Link Rejected by land Court

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If anyone feels inclined, here is the contact info:

Hon. Stuart Berger

Circuit Court for Baltimore City

111 N. Calvert St., Rm 330E

Baltimore, MD, 21202

Phone: 410-396-5008/5009

Fax: 410-545-7331

No e-mail was provided.

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MADISON, N.J., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth (NYSE: WYE)

announced today that The Honorable Stuart R. Berger of the Circuit

Court for Baltimore City in Baltimore, land, has granted Wyeth's

motion to preclude plaintiffs' expert witnesses in an alleged vaccine

injury case from testifying that exposure to thimerosal-containing

vaccines can cause autism. The court's decision, in the case of

Blackwell, et al. v. Sigma Aldrich, Inc., et al., followed a 10-day

evidentiary hearing held last August.

Judge Berger found that " thimerosal in vaccines does not cause or

contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, " noting

that " it is generally accepted in the relevant scientific community

that autism is genetic in origin except in rare instances of prenatal

exposures to certain substances at defined periods during pregnancy. "

Judge Berger held that plaintiffs had failed to show that the

methodologies underlying their expert witnesses' opinions are

generally accepted as reliable in the scientific community. He also

held that plaintiffs' expert witnesses were not qualified " by

knowledge, skill, experience, training or education " or that they

could not set forth a sufficient factual basis to support the

causation opinions that plaintiffs wished to present to the jury.

" We believe that the court's decision is in complete accord with the

overwhelming scientific evidence that there is no link between

vaccines and autism. The court correctly applied land law to bar

unfounded opinion testimony on scientific issues, " says J.

ch, lead trial counsel for Wyeth in this litigation, who is a

partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

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Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

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