Yaz Lawsuit Updates

In an issue of “Salon,” blogger Jonathan Manor writes about the death of an acquaintance from a blood clot in her lung, which he attributes to her use of the contraceptive Yaz.

In the piece called “Yaz Birth Control Killed the Sister I Never Knew,” Manor describes being in the hospital when the woman – the sibling of his brother’s girlfriend – died.

“When we got to the hospital it was what it was; excruciating pain, prayer, emotions running rampant,” Manor writes.

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The Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia has delayed trial deadlines in the cases over Yaz/Yasmin/Beyaz birth control for another 60 days. This puts the deadlines in Philadelphia on par with the U.S. District Court, which issued an order extending deadlines on Feb. 29.

Judge Sandra Moss announced the latest extension on March 9, 2012, referencing the District Court order, which will allow the parties in the case more time to negotiate.

Lopez McHugh is representing multiple plaintiffs against Bayer Healthcare, ...

The National, an English-language newspaper published in the United Arab Emirates, published an account on March 12 of the controversy surrounding birth control pills that contain the synthetic hormone drospirenone.

Such pills include Yasmin, Yaz, Ocella and Beyaz, manufactured by Bayer.

The report mentions the U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel that met in December to vote on whether the benefits of the medications outweigh the risks, and eventually voted 15-11 to keep the medications on the market.

But subsequent investigations by the ...