Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to pay nearly $60 million to settle some 1,200 suits by plaintiffs who allege contraceptive pills, including Yaz and Yasmin, caused strokes or heart attacks (In re Yasmin and Yaz (Drospirenone) Mktg. Sales Prac. & Prod. Liab. Litig., S.D. Ill., 09-2100, settlement announced 8/3/15).
“The settlement announced Aug. 3 will resolve the claims of victims who have suffered arterial blood clots based on their use of the dangerous birth control prescriptions, which have been tied to strokes and heart attacks in patients. The drugs also are blamed for causing deep vein ...
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