Suit against makers of the Ortho Evra patch filed in Illinois
In Illinois a St. Clair County woman has filed suit against Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical claiming her use of their popular Ortho- Evra transdermal birth control patch caused her to develop deep vein thrombosis. Connie and husband Larry Lager filed the product liability suit October 17th against Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Johnson &Johnson and their Pharmaceutical Research and Development group. They claim the defendants relied on safety and risk information from previous studies done against contraceptive pills, thus not being further and sufficiently tested in clinical trials. The Lagers’ team of lawyers filed the compliant stating, “Defendants knew or should have known that the intake of hormones contained in Ortho Evra through the Patch would result in a level or estrogen...much higher (approximately 60% higher) than the levels associated with intake through the oral route, such as with birth control pills.” Additionally, the Lagers claim the defendants failed to take into consideration warnings from the Food and Drug Administration which determined that blood clots could be a problem with the patch.
Continue reading "Suit against makers of the Ortho Evra patch filed in Illinois" »
