Nearly 20,000 women have brought claims against Bayer for its failure to warn about Yaz’s association with increased risk of clotting. Women suffered deep vein thromboses, pulmonary embolis and death. Although Bayer has paid out approximately $1.7 billion in settlements to Yaz claimants approximately 3400 claims remain.
U.S. District Judge David Herndon expressed disappointment
The trendy Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills are unlike any others because they contain a new synthetic hormone, drospirenone. Bayer has aggressively marketed the drugs, especially to young 
women, as a cure for everything from acne to pre-menstrual syndrome. Unfortunately, Bayer did not adequately test the drug before bringing it to market, and
Yaz and Yasmin cause blood clots that often begin in the deep veins of the legs. A clot, called a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), can break off and move to the brain, where it causes a stroke. If the clot moves to the lung, it causes a pulmonary embolism. If it moves to
Yaz and Yasmin cause blood clots. When a blood clot finds its way to the lungs, the result is a pulmonary embolism. The blood clot cuts off the flow of oxygen and blood to a portion of the lung. A pulmonary embolism can be fatal. In fact, about 15% of all sudden death is attributable to pulmonary embolisms. In some
