Legal Updates
Hundreds of Ortho Evra Birth-Control Cases Settled
Sunday, October 12, 2008
On October 10, 2008, Johnson & Johnson announced they spent an estimated $68.7 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits filed by women who suffered blood clots, heart attacks or strokes after using the company's Ortho Evra birth-control patch. J&J, the world's largest maker of health-care products, avoided trials through the…
Group Seeks Removal of Birth Control Patch
Thursday, May 08, 2008
On May 8, 2008, a consumer advocacy group lobbied that the U.S. government pull Ortho Evra birth-control patches off the market, calling it far riskier than the pill. "Ortho-Evra is a poor choice for women," Dr. Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen wrote the FDA. Warnings about the Ortho-Evra weekly patch…
FDA Warns Clot Risk Higher in Birth Control Patch Than Pill
Saturday, January 19, 2008
A birth control skin patch used by many American women carries a risk of serious blood clots that is higher than the risk already recognized for the birth control pill, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned late Friday. Based on the results of a new study that discovered the…
Red flag for birth control patch
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Two Canadian women have died and numerous others have suffered blood clots, heart attacks and other medical problems in the span of about four years after using the well-known but increasingly controversial Evra birth-control patch, according to a Health Canada report. Although medical research has not concluded there is a…
J&J Pays $1.25 Million to Settle Suit Over Death of 14-Year-Old
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a 14-year-old girl who used the company's Ortho Evra birth-control patch, according to court records. The confidential agreement involved Alycia Brown, a resident of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, who suffered two blood clots in her lungs…
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