Thosands of Ortho Evra Suits Filed - Says Johnson & Johnson


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Thosands of Ortho Evra Suits Filed - Says Johnson & Johnson

Thu, September 20, 2007

In its latest update last month, J&J said more than 2,400 Ortho Evra lawsuits are queued up in state and federal courts. Aboyt 400 have been filed in New Jersey. The NJ cases have been consolidated in the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, just a few blocks from the health-care conglomerate's headquarters.

There also appears to be a new wave of filings in California, with the cases now being consolidated in Los Angeles.

Most of the lawsuits have a common theme: J&J allegedly knew the skin patch had greater safety risks than birth-control pills, particularly in the incidence of harmful blood clots that could develop in women's legs and lungs. But it chose to aggressively market the contraceptive in ads featuring supermodel Naomi Campbell and others, and soft-pedaled the dangers.