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A Yaz birth control lawyer is a product liability attorney who can represent individuals harmed or misled by deceptive marketing information. Yaz birth control pill is relatively new, and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, its manufacturer, recently backtracked on its claims regarding what Yaz birth control can and cannot do.
Yaz is an oral contraceptive designed to help prevent pregnancy.
In Yaz birth control cases, a lawyer protects the legal rights of women who were led to believe that taking Yaz could eliminate their PMS (premenstrual syndrome) or that Yaz could be used solely to clear up acne. These claims by Baxter Healthcare — aired in television ads seen by millions of people in the U.S. over a period of months — were retracted after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) demanded that Baxter restrict its marketing of Yaz to only the FDA-approved applications for this drug.
The Yaz television commercial was changed significantly to reflect the FDA's demand. The new version features a woman acknowledging that "You may have seen some Yaz commercials recently that were not clear…the FDA wants us to correct a few points in those ads." She goes on to clarify that Yaz is approved to treat:
The new commercial also makes a point of noting that Yaz use is not approved for maintaining clear skin, and that there are a number of health risks associated with the birth control pill. A Yaz birth control lawyer can provide further details about the ways that Bayer Healthcare used misleading information to promote the oral contraceptive beyond its approved purposes.
The Bayer Healthcare website for Yaz was also amended to reflect the truth. For example, it now states that:
In fact, it was not only the FDA that objected to the deceptive Yaz marketing campaign; the Attorneys General of 27 states petitioned for more honest advertising by Bayer. Attorneys general are the states' watchdogs for deceptive advertising and other scams that affect consumers in their states. They are acutely aware that pharmaceutical companies stand to gain millions — sometimes billions — of dollars in profits when their drugs are widely used.
If you have been harmed by Yaz birth control side effects, a lawyer for defective drugs can explain your legal rights and options to you in a private, no-cost consultation. To schedule a consultation, contact us today.
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