Doctors in the United Kingdom have recently been ordered to explicitly advise patients of the blood clot risks involved in taking popular oral contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin. Both brand name birth control pills are manufactured by German pharmaceutical company Bayer. Specifically, general practitioners throughout Britain... Read More

An oral acne treatment, Diane 35, manufactured by the German drug maker Bayer AG, and declared responsible for four deaths in France, has been cleared for use by the French Health Authority. Sales had been suspended there for eight months due to an inordinately high... Read More

A Texas resident has filed a Yaz stroke lawsuit in federal court in New Jersey alleging Bayer Pharmaceutical’s birth control pills, Yaz and Yasmin, are responsible for the stroke she suffered in November 2011. Denise Jackson filed the claim in November 2013 in the U.S.... Read More

Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, makers of the Yasmin and Yaz birth control pills, have settled claims to the tune of $1.4 billion as of July, 2013. At least 6,760 plaintiffs have reached Yaz lawsuit settlements in the United States – despite Bayer continuing to deny any wrongdoing. Yaz,... Read More

Five plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit against Yaz manufacturer Bayer, claiming they were unaware of the Yaz blood clot risk when they began taking the oral contraceptive. As an alleged result of their use of the drug, the women all suffered pulmonary embolism, as well... Read More

Another Yaz thrombosis lawsuit has been filed over Bayer’s oral contraceptive, Yaz (drospirenone, ethinyl estradiol). The lawsuit was originally filed April 30, 2013 in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York (Syracuse). On August 19, 2013, the case was transferred to the Southern... Read More

According to allegations in a Yaz side effects lawsuit filed by Whitney Stowe, while using the birth control, the plaintiff suffered a pulmonary embolism, resulting in hospitalization and other related injuries. Ms. Stowe filed her complaint in the U.S. District Court of Wyoming (Casper) on... Read More

Another plaintiff has filed a Yaz DVT lawsuit over the oral contraceptive manufactured and marketed by Bayer Healthcare. The case is now part of the coordinated proceeding being organized in California Superior Court (Central District) for Yaz lawsuits. The complaint was filed on June 10,... Read More