Politics & Government
Malvern Company Caused 113 Unwanted Pregnancies, Suit Alleges: Report
An alarming number of women have become pregnant, and the company is to blame, according to a lawsuit.
A lawsuit alleges that a Malvern company is to blame for over 100 unwanted pregnancies due to mispackaged birth control pills, according to a Philly.com report.
The case against Endo Pharmaceuticals, which has its U.S. headquarters in Malvern on 1400 Atwater Drive, seeks millions in damages, the report states.
FDA issued a recall notice for 3.2 million packs of mispackaged contraceptives in 2011, according to the report.
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Endo refused to comment on the situation.
A federal judge in Georgia originally rejected the class-action status for the lawsuit on November 4, but the group was luckier in Pennsylvania, the report states.
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The mispackaging reverses the order in which tablets are taken each week, causing a woman’s chance of getting pregnant to vastly increase, according to the report.
The birth control trademarks included in the suit are Cyclafem 1/35, Cyclafem 7/7/7, Emoquette, Gildess FE 1.5/30, Gildess FE 1/20, Orsythia, Previfem, and Tri-Previfem, according to the report.
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