After months and months of delays, a ruling in the federal MDL for the NuvaRing litigation, which is centralized in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, clears the way for discovery to move forward. Judge Rodney Sippel denied motions to dismiss filed in 223 individual NuvaRing… Read more.

According to recommendations by the prominent consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, woman taking birth control pills should avoid Yaz and Yasmin, which have been linked to an increased risk of blood clots, and choose older alternatives with low-estrogen. >>INFORMATION: Yaz and Yasmin Side Effects

A panel of judges ordered this week that all federal lawsuits over problems with Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills will be consolidated into an MDL, or multidistrict litigation, for pretrial proceedings in the Southern District of Illinois. Many people equate this with a Yaz / Yasmin class action, but… Read more.

An article in the New York Times over the weekend highlights the growing problems with Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills, which may have caused thousands of otherwise healthy young women to suffer serious and potentially life-threatening injuries, such as heart attacks, strokes, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism and… Read more.

Tomorrow, attorneys representing women who have filed a lawsuit over Yaz and Yasmin problems will appear before the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation during hearings to determine whether all cases filed in federal district courts throughout the United States should be consolidated in an MDL for purposes of… Read more.

The FDA released a warning letter this week sent to Bayer Pharmaceuticals over Yaz and Yasmin problems at the drug makers manufacturing plant in Germany. The letter indicates that Bayer hid out-of-specification test results for key ingredients in the birth control pills and said that several batches of the drugs… Read more.

A study published yesterday in the British Medical Journal suggests that the risk of suffering a Yaz or Yasmin blood clot may be greater than with some other types of birth control pills and 6.3 times greater than taking no form of oral contraceptive.

In addition to the potential risk of serious and potentially life-threatening blood clots, many otherwise healthy young women who have used the birth control pill Yaz or Yasmin have experienced painful gallbladder problems that could ultimately require surgery for gallbladder removal. >>MORE INFORMATION: Yaz Lawsuits

As is common in complex pharmaceutical claims, where a large number of people file lawsuits against a drug maker with similar allegations that an injury was caused by a side effect of a particular drug, plaintiffs are seeking to consolidate all Yasmin and Yaz birth control lawsuits in an MDL,… Read more.

The lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are reviewing potential Yaz lawsuits and Yasmin lawsuits for women who have suffered severe heart injuries, blood clots, gallbladder disease or sudden death while taking the birth control pills. To review a potential claim for injury suffered by you, a friend or family… Read more.