Off your mind” slogan sent waves through the world of women’s health and college dormitories.But more than a year after the Ortho Evra birth control patch was released in the United States, it ...

In addition, an internal Ortho McNeil memo shows that the company refused, in 2003, to fund a study comparing its Ortho Evra patch to its Ortho-Cyclen pill because of concerns there was "too high ...

In addition, an internal Ortho McNeil memo shows that the company refused, in 2003, to fund a study comparing its Ortho Evra patch to its Ortho-Cyclen pill because of concerns there was "too high ...

WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration warned users of the popular Ortho Evra birth control patch that they are being exposed to more hormones, and are therefore at higher risk of blood ...

Ortho-McNeil Knew Ortho-Evra Patch Was Lethal ... In addition, according to a November 11, 2005, article by the Associated Press, an internal company memo shows that in 2003, ...

J&J Can't Settle Ortho-Evra Birth Control Patch Cases Fast Enough By Evelyn Pringle. More than 500 claimants are seeking "substantial compensatory and, where available, punitive damages," from ...

The Ortho Evra patch is “defective” and more dangerous than the ... In the same 12 months, May 1, 2002, through April 30, 2003, half as many women taking a leading birth-control pill by ...

NEW YORK, July 13, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Parker & Waichman, LLP (www.yourlawyer.com) announced that it has filed suit against Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., a division of Johnson and Johnson Inc ...

Johnson & Johnson’s Ortho Evra contraceptive patch will come with a new warning about a study suggesting users could face twice the risks of blood clots compared with birth control pills, the ...

Ortho Evra sales last year totaled $124 million, trailing Merck & Co. Inc.’s NuvaRing, which posted sales of $437 million, according to health care data firm IMS Health.

The numbers keep adding up for the Ortho Evra birth-control patch. Not sales - those are down sharply - but the docket of product liability cases filed against Johnson & Johnson, the maker of the ...

Makes of a popular birth-control patch has warned millions of women Thursday that the patch may put them at greater risk for blood clots and other serious side effects than previously disclosed.