Friday, 13 November 2015

Millions Dollars Law-Suit Against Pill Manufacturer 94 Users Pregnant

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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