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Yaz Lawsuits News: Bayer Reserves Additional $1.5 Billion For Payouts

Yaz Lawsuits News: Bayer Reserves Additional $1.5 Billion For Payouts

March 4, 2013 – 1:26 pm | No Comment

Bayer AG reported a drop in annual earnings for the year 2012 due to having to reserve an additional $1.5 billion to cover Yaz and Yasmin litigation expenses, stated Thomson Reuters.

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Yaz Lawsuits News: Bayer Reserves Additional $1.5 Billion For Payouts

March 4, 2013 – 1:26 pm | No Comment

Yaz Lawsuits News: Bayer Reserves Additional $1.5 Billion For Payouts

Bayer AG reported a drop in annual earnings for the year 2012 due to having to reserve an additional $1.5 billion to cover Yaz and Yasmin litigation expenses, stated Thomson Reuters. Read the full story »

Yaz Health Risks: European Health Authorities To Investigate Health Risks Of Yaz

January 29, 2013 – 12:57 pm | No Comment
Yaz Health Risks: European Health Authorities To Investigate Health Risks Of Yaz

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will meet in February 2013 to review the adverse side effects associated with third- and fourth-generation hormonal birth control pills such as Yaz.

Yaz, Yasmin, and Similar Contraceptives Significantly Increase the Risks of Blood Clots for Women Who Suffer from Migraines

January 18, 2013 – 3:26 pm | No Comment
Yaz, Yasmin, and Similar Contraceptives Significantly Increase the Risks of Blood Clots for Women Who Suffer from Migraines

As reported by Fox News, a new study, presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego this week, found that taking contraceptives significantly increased the risks of blood clots, or …

Yaz Lawsuit Settlements Update

October 17, 2012 – 1:31 pm | No Comment
Yaz Lawsuit Settlements Update

Bayer has settled nearly 1,500 cases in which women who took the birth control drugs Yaz and Yasmin and developed blood clots.

Yaz, Yasmin Birth Control Lawsuit Settlements Reach $402 Million

August 1, 2012 – 12:26 pm | No Comment
Yaz, Yasmin Birth Control Lawsuit Settlements Reach $402 Million

Bayer, the manufacturer of the prescription medicines Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella has reached settlements, according to a Bloomberg news report, totaling over $400 million in lawsuits alleging that these birth control drugs caused blood …

Latest News on Settlements in Yaz, Yasmin & Ocella Injury Lawsuits

July 10, 2012 – 11:01 am | No Comment
Latest News on Settlements in Yaz, Yasmin & Ocella Injury Lawsuits

In this July 2012 video update, Yaz injury lawyer Wendy Fleishman explains that Bayer has settled nearly 1,500 cases where women who took Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella developed blood clots. More specifically, the cases Bayer …

Judge Continues to Give Parties Time to Negotiate Yaz Settlements

June 26, 2012 – 11:58 am | No Comment
Judge Continues to Give Parties Time to Negotiate Yaz Settlements

In December 2011, Judge David Herndon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois ordered a delay in the first women’s Yaz injuries bellwether trial. Since then, Bayer has settled over 600 …

Bayer Reportedly Pays $110 Million In Settlements

April 13, 2012 – 4:06 pm | No Comment
Bayer Reportedly Pays $110 Million In Settlements

Bloomberg reports that Bayer, the German drug manufacturer responsible for producing Yaz and other dropsirenone-containing birth control pills, will pay at least $110 million to settle approximately 500 personal injury lawsuits over blood clot complications.

FDA Updates Blood Clot Risk On Labels Of Yaz and Yasmin Birth Control Drugs

April 10, 2012 – 4:30 pm | No Comment
FDA Updates Blood Clot Risk On Labels Of Yaz and Yasmin Birth Control Drugs

The Food and Drug Administration announced today that that newer generation birth control pills, including Bayer’s Yaz and Yasmin, which contain the hormone drospirenone may be associated with a higher risk of blood clots, and …

Video update on Yaz injury lawsuits March 2012

March 15, 2012 – 3:16 pm | No Comment

Lieff Cabraser attorney Wendy Fleishman provides an update on Yaz, Yasmin & Ocella blood clot injuries and lawsuits.

Re-Convene Yaz Safety Panel, Government Watchdog Group Tells FDA

January 12, 2012 – 4:47 pm | No Comment
Re-Convene Yaz Safety Panel, Government Watchdog Group Tells FDA

Yesterday, the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), an independent, non-partisan investigative organization, sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg detailing the multiple conflicts of interest among certain members of the recent FDA advisory committee that …