Posts tagged yasmin

• Oral Birth Control and Blood Clot Risks

  Shezad Malik MD JD | May 29, 2012 6:15 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Millions of women take birth control pills every single day, but few realize the associated deadly risks. Although rare, female hormonal contraception can lead to blood clots, a condition known...

• Bayer pays out $142 M in Yasmin Lawsuit Settlements

  Shezad Malik MD JD | May 02, 2012 9:31 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  According to Bayer AG, the German pharmaceutical giant has shelled out $142 million so far, in settlements of U.S. lawsuits claiming that its Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella line of birth-control pills...

• Bayer Pays $110 Million to Settle Some Yaz Birth-Control Cases

  Shezad Malik MD JD | April 13, 2012 9:05 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  According to a report in Bloomberg News, Bayer AG will pay at least $110 million to settle about 500 lawsuits over claims that its Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella lines of birth-control pills caused blood...

• YAZ and Blood Clot Injury from YAZ Generics

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 03, 2012 8:56 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Last year in a land mark decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that generic drugmakers are not required to change warning labels even when alerted to new serious and potentially deadly side...

• Bayer Now Settled 70 Yaz Yasmin Lawsuits

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 02, 2012 1:12 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bayer Healthcare reports that it has reached agreements to settle Yaz and Yasmin deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism lawsuits brought by at least 70 women. Over the next few months it is...

• Yaz Plaintiffs want Court to Examine Conflicts of Interest

  Shezad Malik MD JD | January 21, 2012 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Recently it has been made apparent that the FDA hearing that was was recently held, may have been a sham hearing owing to undisclosed conflicts of interests among the FDA panel. Read the Wall...

• Bayer FDA YAZ Conflict of Interest Concern Mounts

  Shezad Malik MD JD | January 18, 2012 10:33 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA is under fire to hold a new hearing to evaluate the safety of Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills, after conflict of interest issues have been raised regarding some of its advisory...

• Yaz, Yasmin FDA Advisors Had Cozy Relationships with Bayer

  Shezad Malik MD JD | January 11, 2012 8:45 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Talk about the fox guarding the chicken house! In December, an advisory panel for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) voted to recommend by 15-11 margin that the benefits of Yaz, Yasmin...

• YAZ Settlement News Philly Mass Tort Court Orders Mediation

  Shezad Malik MD JD | January 08, 2012 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Following the lead of the Federal Court ordered mediation in the Yaz/Yasmin litigation, the Pennsylvania state court judge has entered a similar order. Judge Moss, who is managing...

• Lights Out for Bayer's YAZ?

  Shezad Malik MD JD | January 06, 2012 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bayer AG, Germany’s largest drugmaker, blinked and swallowed hard, at the end of December, when it begged the Court overseeing the YAZ litigation. Bayer managed to avoid the first trial...