Yaz Recall - 32,856 boxes

Some Yaz birth control pills were recalled by the FDA in November of last year.

According to the 11/25/09 FDA alert, "Out of Specification analytical value for chemical assays of drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol was averaged with another analytical value to provide a reported result that was within specification."


The recalled product was Yaz (Drospirenone & Ethinyl Estradiol); Rx only; 3.0 mg drospirenone &0.02 mg ethinyl estradiol; 3 x 28 tablets - blister packages 24 active and 4 placebo, NDC 50419-405-03. Recall # D-046-2010; Lot 91605A, with an expiry of December 2013.

Bayer Blames the Victims!

FD (Fair Disclosure) Wire reported on 4/29/10 that Arthur Higgins, Chairman of Bayer Healthcare, said during the 2010 Bayer Earnings Conference Call: "We are clearly disappointed that good science and good medicine have been trumped by opportunistic fear-mongering by litigation lawyers. We are, as you mentioned, doing our best to address this. We believe the measures that we have in place [a new drug called Yaz Plus] will make a difference... unfortunately we still see a lot of this negative [Yaz] advertising by litigation lawyers. "

News Flash back to Bayer - its not the lawyers that are making women die, have strokes, DVT's and having their gall bladders removed - its the product.