The plaintiffs claim the
packs had been rotated 180 degrees, meaning the weekly tablet orientation had
been reversed, according to the suit.
They are suing Endo
Pharmaceuticals and other companies that manufactured or distributed the pills
under several brand names.
The case is seeking
millions in damages, including the cost of delivering, raising and educating
the children born as a result of unplanned pregnancies and loss of income.
Over 100 women who became
pregnant after taking allegedly mis-packaged birth control pills have are suing
a drug manufacturer.
The Philadelphia lawsuit
follows a 2011 recall of 3.2 million blister packs of birth control pills after
a customer discovered they had been packaged out of order, which potentially
increased the risk of pregnancy.
In a statement to ABC News,
the company said: "Our commitment is to patient safety and we take product
quality very seriously.
"There is no new or
recent product recall. The recall that forms the basis of this suit was
entirely voluntary and occurred more than four years ago in September 2011.
"The voluntary recall
occurred based on an extremely small number of pill packs that were
manufactured by an external contract manufacturer.
"Endo has been able to
confirm only one blister pack that manifested a defect and was sold to a
patient. Additionally, courts have dismissed cases arising out of the recall
because the plaintiff could not establish that she purchased a defective package."
All but four of the 117
plaintiffs became pregnant, with 94 giving birth.
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