Johnson and Johnson Exec Claims He Was Fired For Raising Safety Concerns
The death of an 18-year-old New York fashion student in April 2004 was the catalyst for lawsuits filed concerning the Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch. Zakiya Kennedy's death from a blood clot was the first case linked to the contraceptive patch according to the FDA and Ortho McNeil (the manufacturer) a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Since then there have been at least 1000 product liability suits filed. In September of 2006 the FDA approved further warnings to the package insert in the usage of Ortho Evra as a result. As of December 20, 2006 a former vice president of two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries claims in a lawsuit that he was fired for seeking recalls of faulty products including the Ortho Evra Patch.
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