{"id":385284,"date":"2010-03-03T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c89dd53ef0120a8edef15970b"},"modified":"2010-03-05T08:16:02","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T13:16:02","slug":"yaz-yasmin-ocella-1100-lawsuits-filed-as-of-mid-february-2010-according-to-bayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/385284","title":{"rendered":"YAZ, Yasmin, Ocella: 1,100 Lawsuits Filed As Of Mid-February 2010, According To Bayer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Company Annual Report 2009: “Bayer believes that it has meritorious defenses and intends to defend itself vigorously.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/a>)<\/strong><\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Bayer Annual Report for 2009, at page 243,\u00a0provides some updated information about the number of YAZ, Yasmin, and Ocella lawsuits<\/a> that have been filed thus far:<\/p>\n

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As of February 15, 2010, there were about 1,100 lawsuits pending in the United States served upon Bayer on behalf of persons alleged to have suffered personal injuries, some of them fatal, from the use of Bayer\u2019s oral contraceptive products Yasmin\u00ae, YAZ\u00ae and \/ or Ocella, a generic version of Yasmin\u00ae distributed by Barr Laboratories, Inc. in the\u00a0U.S. market. Plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages, claiming, in particular, that Bayer knew or should have known the alleged risks and should be held liable for having failed to disclose them or adequately warn users of Yasmin\u00ae and YAZ\u00ae…. Additional lawsuits are anticipated. Bayer believes that it has meritorious defenses and intends to defend itself vigorously. Bayer is also taking over Barr\u00b4s defense in certain cases according to the parties\u00b4 supply and licensing agreement….<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Previously, in mid-October 2009, Bayer said that there were only 129 Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits<\/a> filed in the U.S.<\/p>\n

YAZ, Yasmin, and Ocella birth control pills are made with ethinyl estradiol (EE) and drospirenone (DRSP). In fact, YAZ, Yasmin, and Ocella are the only birth control pills to contain drospirenone.<\/p>\n

These popular oral contraceptives have been associated with several serious side effects such as:<\/p>\n