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Women With Broken Paragard Copper IUDs May Qualify to File a Lawsuit

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Women whose Paragard copper IUD broke during removal or while being implanted may be eligible to file a lawsuit and receive compensation for their injuries. Thousands of women who were injured by broken Paragard IUDs have...more

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Paragard IUD Litigation Update: First MDL Bellwether Trial Scheduled for October 2024

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The first bellwether trial in the nationwide litigation over the copper IUD Paragard is scheduled to go to trial in Georgia in October 2024. More than 2,200 lawsuits have been filed against Teva Pharmaceutical and...more

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Thousands of Women Report Paragard Copper IUDs Broken During Removal, FDA Data Shows

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Federal health officials have received thousands of reports of women whose Paragard copper IUDs broke when they were being removed. Hundreds of women with broken Paragard IUDs have filed lawsuits against the manufacturers of...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

First Nonprescription Birth Control Pill Approved for Marketing by FDA: A Milestone for Reproductive Health

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As we previously reported, Perrigo Company’s subsidiary HRA Pharma submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the summer of 2022 to switch an existing prescription-only progestin birth control pill...more

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Reproductive Health: Over the Counter Birth Control Pill Supported by FDA Advisory Committees

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At the May 9-10, 2023, Joint Meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisers voted that the...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Indiana Passes Law Granting Pharmacist Prescriptive Authority for Birth Control and Requiring Medicaid Coverage of the Care

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Indiana follows a growing trend where states are expanding pharmacist prescriptive authority. On May 01, 2023, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed House Bill 1568, (the “Law”) which adds a new code section, Indiana Code...more

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Will a Nonprescription Birth Control Pill Be FDA’s First Approval under its Long-Awaited “ANCU” Proposed Rule?

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Unintended downstream consequences are likely to abound in the wake of the June 24, 2022 Dobbs decision that overruled Roe v. Wade, as Mintz attorneys have addressed in other contexts here and here Those looking ahead have...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Implementing Pharmacist Contraceptive Prescribing: A Playbook for States and Stakeholders

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Editor’s Note: In a new playbook, supported by Arnold Ventures, Manatt Health provides state policymakers and other stakeholders with legislative, regulatory, reimbursement and operational strategies to increase access to...more

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Product Liability Update: January 2017

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Massachusetts Appeals Court Holds Birth Control Patch Manufacturer Had Duty to Warn Patient Directly But Packet Insert Adequately Warned of Greater Risk of Blood Clots As Compared to Birth Control Pill; Design Defect Claim...more

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