Drug giant Bayer Pharmaceuticals has announced that of over 12,000 cases alleging that its popular birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin caused blood clots and related problems, it has settled 6,700 of them for $1.4 billion.  The drug giant’s settlement stopped short of actually admitting responsibility for the fact that the pills caused deep vein…

  Beginning in 2009, Bayer has faced a wave of litigation of Yaz and Yasmin.  While many claims have been made with regard to various health problems, our firm is looking specifically at cases regarding Yaz and deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism.  These cases allege that Bayer knew or should have known of the risks of…

Yaz, approved over a decade ago, has a long history of warnings and problems with the Food and Drug Administration.  The following is a summary of the issues that Bayer has had to address with regard to advertising and safety. 2001:  The FDA approves Yaz as an oral contraceptive 2003:  The FDA found that Yasmin…