Posts Tagged 'Yaz'

PA Supreme Court Refuses to Throw out Yaz Lawsuits

King’s Bench Petition Denied

Today the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied Bayer’s King’s Bench Petition in the Yaz/Yasmin litigation. In plain English, this means that these lawsuits, many of which were pending since 2009, and which were put on hold late last year, can now go forward.

Some Background

Several thousand women from across the country have sued Bayer in state Court in Philadelphia. The basis of the lawsuit is that Bayer Corporation, and its subsidiaries, ...

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More Details About the FDA Advisory Committee Vote on Yaz: Majority Have Concerns

Background

On December 8, 2011, an FDA advisory committee held hearings on the safety of Yaz and Yasmin. After nearly a full day of testimony, the committee voted 21-5 that the information about the risks of Yaz provided to doctors and patients were inadequate. The panel voted narrowly, however, that the benefits outweigh the risks overall, and therefore voted not to remove Yaz from the market. The second vote was 15-11.

In the weeks ...

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2012 Yaz settlement?

With the recent Yaz settlement news, people are starting to wonder whether there will be a Yaz settlement in 2012. In early January two judges involved in the litigation put trial deadlines on hold and ordered mediation. The both sides were ordered to attempt to negotiation a Yaz settlement in good faith.

To date, there has been no additional public information released regarding a Yaz settlement in 2012, but no news is probably ...

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Yaz Settlement Update – Mediation Continues

There is little official news following the December 30, 2011 and January 6, 2012 mediation orders from two judges involved with the Yaz litigation. The parties were ordered to mediate without delay and in good faith. Since that time, Judge Herndon, the federal judge overseeing Yaz cases has issued what’s known as a “minute order. ” This ordered, entered on January 10, 2012, ...

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Yaz Recall: Majority of Independent FDA Experts Vote to Withdraw Yaz from Market

Based on recent news reports, Lopez McHugh has learned that a majority of independent experts advising the FDA about these safety of Yaz, Yasmin, and Beyaz, believe that a Yaz recall is in order.

The Washington Monthly reported on January 9, 2012, that it has conducted an investigation with the British Medical Journal and found that five experts selected by the FDA to advise it about a Yaz recall had ties to Bayer, the company that manufacturers the drug. Although ...

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Yaz Settlement News: More Mediation Ordered

Following on the heels of the Federal Court ordering mediation in the Yaz/Yasmin litigation, a state court judge has entered a similar order. Judge Moss, who is managing thousands of cases in Philadelphia state court, required mediation in an order published on January 6, 2012. Judge Moss’s order comes just one week after a federal judge entered a similar order. Both judges appointed Professor Stephen Saltzburg of George Washington School of Law, ...

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