Yaz and Yasmin Lawsuit News http://yazlawsuit.posterous.com Following developments with Yaz side effects and lawsuits posterous.com Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:14:36 -0700 Yaz Lawyers Expect More Cases http://yazlawsuit.posterous.com/yaz-lawyers-expect-more-cases http://yazlawsuit.posterous.com/yaz-lawyers-expect-more-cases

The growing number of Yaz cases in the federal multidistrict litigation is not surprising, considering the former – and ongoing – popularity of the fourth generation oral contraceptive. However, legal experts do not yet have an estimate as to how many of the millions of women who have been prescribed Yaz have experienced side effects serious enough to file suit against drugmaker Bayer – or how many of these women will decide to take their cases through the legal system at all.

Yaz, the most popular birth control pill on the market in the United States, netted Bayer Pharmaceuticals almost 800 million dollars in its first year on shelves. However, due to the sheer number of cases, Bayer is likely to have to answer for a lot more than that – the costs they will incur related to legal fees, lawsuit settlements, and jury verdicts looks like it could be significant. There are 6,151 individual lawsuits consolidated in multidistrict litigation, with a total of 7,488 plaintiffs who are seeking compensation for their Yaz side effects.

Yaz was introduced in 2006 as a birth control deemed to be safe and effective. Its advertisements on television even outlined to viewers added benefits – such as a reduction in PMS symptoms and treatment for moderate acne – of the pill, which were not evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. In 2006 Bayer was sent a letter by the FDA warning them that their advertisements were dishonest and misleading – they touted benefits that had not been evaluated, and they glossed over or neglected to mention many of the severe side effects of the pill.

Yaz is still a popular form of birth control, especially for women between the ages of 13 and 18. Even young teenagers are at serious risk of Yaz side effects. It is not clear how many women will be included in the final multidistrict litigation case, but the number of women filing suit with a Yaz lawyer does not seem to show any signs of stopping its steady increase.

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