Product Liability Law
J&J Paid $68M to Settle Lawsuits Over Birth-Control Patch, News Agency Says
Posted Oct 10, 2008, 12:59 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
It has cost the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company an estimated $68.7 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits alleging that users were injured or, in 20 cases, even died as a result of using the company's Ortho Evra birth-control patch.
Complaints filed in state and federal court on behalf of 4,000 women contend that the New Jersey-based company concealed data that revealed the risk posed by estrogen released by the devices, reports Bloomberg. J&J voluntarily altered its labeling in 2005, 2006 and 2008 to strengthen warnings, with the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the article notes.
Among the 562 complaints that the news agency reviewed, "the vast majority of users alleged the patch caused deep-vein… Continue reading...
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