Ortho Evra Press Article Excerpt

October 25, 2007

Daily Record (Kansas City, MO), "Fatal birth-control case nets $1.25 million"

Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a 14-year-old girl who used the company's Ortho Evra birth-control patch, according to court records. The confidential agreement involved Alycia Brown, a resident of LaCrosse, Wis., who suffered two blood clots in her lungs on May 7, 2004, after using the patch for several weeks.

J&J, the world's largest maker of health-care products, faces lawsuits by 2,400 of the 5 million women who used the patch, including one scheduled for trial next year in Missouri. Most claim they suffered strokes or clots in their legs or lungs.

The company settled dozens of cases before trial without releasing financial details. The Brown agreement offers the first glimpse into how much money the company paid to resolve a case and avoid a trial that might air details of the company's safety concerns about the drug before it came to market in 2001.

Learn more about Ortho Evra dangers and injury lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson over the birth control patch.

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