Wyeth Wins Thimerosal-Autism Case in land Court

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Wyeth Wins Thimerosal-Autism Case in land Court

MADISON, N.J., February 19, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth

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

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

motion for summary judgment in the case of Blackwell, et al. v. Sigma

Aldrich, Inc., et al -- an alleged vaccine injury case claiming that

Jamarr Blackwell's exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines caused

him to become autistic.

Previously, the Court had granted Wyeth's motion to preclude all five

of plaintiffs' expert witnesses from offering testimony at trial

following extensive briefing and a 10-day evidentiary hearing held by

the Court last August.

In his December 21, 2007 Memorandum and Order pertaining to Wyeth's

evidentiary motion, Judge Berger found that " it is generally accepted

in the relevant scientific community that thimerosal in vaccines does

not cause or contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders such as

autism, " also 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. "

" This is a significant victory for good science generally, " says

J. ch, a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP,

who served as lead counsel for Wyeth in this matter. " The Court

appropriately found that plaintiffs' attempt to link autism to

childhood vaccines is contrary to generally accepted science. "