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.

The makers of a popular birth-control patch warned millions of women Thursday that the patch exposes them to significantly higher doses of hormones and may put them at greater risk for blood clots and ...

More than 40 women sued the makers of a popular birth-control patch Wednesday, claiming the contraceptive caused serious illnesses and at least one death. One lawsuit alleges that 43 women suffered ...

Johnson & Johnson has settled lawsuits with about 30 women who claim they developed blood clots after using the company’s Ortho Evra birth control patch, said a lawyer who negotiated the confidential ...

When I saw the Today Show's exposé of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)'s Ortho Evra birth control patch-- it fills women with an uninterrupted flow of hormones that create lethal blood clots -- my first ...

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 company ...

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 clots and other ...

Preliminary data on the risk of blood clots with the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch warrant further analysis but no immediate regulatory action, the FDA said today.Ortho Women’s Health, a unit of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved additional changes to the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal (Skin) Patch label to include the results of a new epidemiology study that found that ...

SAN FRANCISCO – More than 40 women sued the makers of a popular birth-control patch Wednesday, claiming the contraceptive caused serious illnesses and at least one death. One lawsuit alleges that 43 ...

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 clots and other ...

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 clots ...