The former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration has stated that the recommendations of a recent FDA advisory committee on Yaz and Yasmin cannot be fully trusted because of financial ties to the drugs’ manufacturer. Dr. David Kessler stated in an expert report for several Yasmin and Yaz lawsuits that the impartiality of the [...]

Several committee advisors on a panel charged with weighing the risks and benefits of Yaz and Yasmin have come under scrutiny for their ties to the drugs’ manufacturer. At least four of the members on the panel put together by the Food and Drug Administration have worked for or received money from Bayer.

The Yaz and Yasmin advisory committee assembled by the Food and Drug Administration in December 2011 may have lacked important information on the drugs it was evaluating. Internal documents uncovered during recent Yasmin and Yaz lawsuits show the drugs’ manufacturer may have withheld information about the risks of blood clots associated with the birth control [...]

Prescriptions for Yaz are down nearly 80% after several studies linked the birth control pill to an increased risk of serious blood clots. Sales have fallen from 1 million per month to just over 200,000 per month over the past two years as women rethink their birth control options.

A Food and Drug Administration panel of experts voted that the manufacturer of Yaz and Yasmin should update warning labels to include information from new studies about the side effects of the drugs. The panel agreed that Bayer’s current warning labels are inadequate and should contain new information concerning the increased risk of blood clots [...]

The former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration said that Bayer withheld important safety information concerning its birth control pill Yasmin. In a document unsealed in court, David Kessler said the company left out an important study on the pill’s side effects in information provided to the agency.

The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it may issue a new warning about the risk of blood clots for women taking the birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin. The agency plans to hold a hearing with outside experts to weigh whether some women should not be prescribed these drugs due to the potential [...]

Yasmin and Yaz lawsuits filed in Illinois and Pennsylvania allege that the manufacturer of the birth control pills withheld safety information from consumers. More than 10,000 lawsuits alleging Yaz and Yasmin injured patients have been filed against Bayer.

The maker of the birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin may have promoted the drugs for off-label use, according to company emails obtained by lawyers pursuing Yasmin and Yaz lawsuits. More than 10,000 lawsuits have been filed against Bayer alleging the drugs caused injuries to the patients.

A nine-year study has linked newer birth control pills including Yaz and Yasmin to an increased risk of potentially dangerous blood clots. The Danish study of more than 1.3 million women found that drugs such as Yaz and Yasmin could increase the risk of venous thromboembolism, a condition in which clots form in the lower [...]