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Unsuspecting Young Women and the Yaz Secret

06/3/2011
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Is it possible that four studies have demonstrated that certain birth control medications, like Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella, are dangerous and the manufacturer, Bayer, knew nothing about the dangers? It is reasonable to conclude that if the manufacturer did not actually know, through reasonable and prudent drug evaluation; those dangerous […]

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Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella — New Studies Confirm Old Concerns

05/31/2011
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According to new studies, the latest generation of birth control pills, including Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella, put women at a higher risk of blood clots than other types of birth control pills.  These fourth-generation birth control pills carry a two-to-three times greater risk of venous thrombosis, also known as blood […]

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What was Bayer thinking with "all that Yaz"?

04/25/2011
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What was Bayer thinking when they came out with the birth control pill Yaz? Based on another study, this one published in the British Medical Journal, demonstrates that the key ingredient in Yaz (also in Yasmin and Ocella) causes a six times increase for the incidence of clots in users. […]

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Yaz Litigation in Mass Tort Coordination

10/7/2009
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The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued its order on October 1, 2009, establishing MDL No. 2100 for individual lawsuits filed by women who have been injured or died as a result of their ingestion of Yasmin and Yaz oral contraceptive products.  All of the cases pending in […]

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National Coordination of YAZ Litigation Requested

09/29/2009
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On September 24, 2009, a hearing was held in Richmond, Virginia before the National Panel on Multi-District Litigation with regard the lawsuits that have been filed against the manufacturers of YAZ, Yasmin and Ocella.  This Panel of federal judges who oversee the establishment and coordination of mass torts litigation within […]

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The Show Must Go On and all that Yaz!

08/5/2009
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There are certain drug compounds that I, as a consumer, can not purchase without the permission (think prescription here) of a licensed physician. There is very good reason for this. There are drugs for which the use must be weighed and evaluated by trained medical people. In some cases the […]

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C. Calvin Warriner III

CALVIN WARRINER III (Cal) has been with the firm for 32 years and has been a Shareholder since 1991. He joined the firm as a seasoned trial attorney and is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by both The Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy, as […]

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Brenda S. Fulmer

BRENDA S. FULMER is a Partner and Shareholder with the law firm of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., one of the largest personal injury law firms in Florida. She also serves on the firm’s executive committee and leads the firm’s dedicated mass tort unit, which focuses on complex […]

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