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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Merck & Co has reportedly agreed to pay $100 million to settle thousands of product liability cases filed by women injured by the NuvaRing contraceptive medical device. The agreement will provide an average benefit of $58,000 to those who suffered deep vein thrombosis (blood clots), pulmonary embolism from a blood […]
The NuvaRing New Jersey court has just announced today that a settlement agreement has been reached between Plaintiffs’ counsel and Merck for a sum of $100 million. NuvaRing is a popular contraceptive among women that increases the risk for fatal blood clots. The device is produced by Merck and its […]
Mass tort litigation has been pending against the manufacturers of NuvaRing for many years now and is hopefully drawing to a close in the coming months. The litigation is primarily based in federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, where MDL No. 1964 has been pending since 2008. The MDL is […]
The Top Ten of anything usually designates the ‘best’ but not in this case. An online report from Adverse Events Inc., an independent company that analyzes the FDA’s database of Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS), has just issued its Top Ten list of Dangerous Drugs for the second quarter Q2 […]
Women who are trying to make decisions about a safe and effective form of birth control are having a hard time these days. On the heels of reports that Yaz, Bayer’s number one selling oral birth control pill was linked to abnormally high incidence of blood clotting disorders, it is […]
Attorney Brenda Fulmer of the Mass Tort Unit at Searcy Denney filed a products liability lawsuit today against the manufacturers of NuvaRing. NuvaRing is a novel medical device that is used for contraceptive. It has become a popular product used by young girls and women due to the convenience of […]
