Blog Posts in 2010
Posted on Dec 6, 2010 By Allen Law Firm
As previously reported, the first "bellwether" case in the Yaz / Yasmin Multi-District Litigation will involve a woman who suffered a pulmonary embolism . Because so many of the women who have sued ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2010 By Jackson Allen Williams, LLP
Members of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee and Defendants Steering Committee have chosen the first twenty-four Yaz/Yasmin cases from which the first bellwether trials will be chosen. Plaintiffs and ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2010 By Jennifer Williams
The Judge overseeing the Yaz / Yasmin multidistrict litigation has ordered that the first Yaz/Yasmin lawsuit go to trial beginning September 12, 2011. The Court's order detailed the process for ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2010 By Jennifer Williams
The FDA recently approved Watson Laboratories, Inc.'s female oral contraceptive pill marketed as Zarah. Zarah is the generic equivalent to Yasmin, the birth control pill marketed by Bayer. Bayer had ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2010 By Jennifer Williams
The Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits filed in federal courts across the country were consolidated in a multi-district litigation less than a year ago and already there are almost 4,000 plaintiffs who have ...
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Posted on Aug 11, 2010 By Jackson Allen Williams, LLP
According to a recent hearing in the federal court handling the Yaz and Yasmin MDL lawsuits, the cases are moving forward through the discovery stage. During the discovery period, the parties exchange ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2010 By Jennifer Williams
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday found that clinical trials for drugs are more likely to show positive results when they are funded by the pharmaceutical industry. ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2010 By Jennifer Williams
In the last two months alone, over 700 Yasmin / Yaz lawsuits have been filed in the federal multidistrict Yaz litigation. That brings the total number of Yasmin / Yaz lawsuits filed in federal court ...
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Posted on Jul 20, 2010 By Jackson Allen Williams, LLP
It is important to recognize the signs you may be having a stroke while taking Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella or Gianvi birth control pills. It is imperative that you seek medical attention immediately if you ...
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Posted on Jun 22, 2010 By Jackson Allen Williams, LLP
You can now follow the Yaz lawyers from Jackson Allen Williams, LLP on Facebook. Click here to find out more. On Jackson Allen Williams' Yaz Lawyers Facebook page, women who have been serious injured ...
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Posted on Jun 15, 2010 By Jackson Allen Williams, LLP
This June, Teva Pharmaceuticals announced that it would beginning selling a generic form of the Yaz birth control pill called Gianvi. Promptly following this announcement, Bayer filed a patent ...
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Posted on Jun 4, 2010 By Jennifer Williams
The Yaz/Yasmin litigation in the federal court MDL and state court consolidations are proceeding through the discovery phase including preliminary depositions and extensive document review. In the ...
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Posted on May 27, 2010 By Allen Law Firm
More than 1700 lawsuits have been filed against Bayer and related entities on behalf of women seriously injured after taking the birth control pills Yasmin and Yaz. Since last year women have been ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2010 By Jennifer Williams
On April 9, 2010, a press release from Bayer stated it will update the labels for Yaz and Yasmin. The statement from Bayer indicates that the FDA has approved the new labels for Yaz and Yasmin. The ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2010 By Jackson Allen Williams
Today, the parties will meet and confer in the multi-district litigation regarding the Yaz/Yasmin litigation. This is the third status conference in the MDL litigation. Two of our attorneys are ...
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