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Article

15 Dec 2012

Author:
RFI

French woman sues Bayer over third-generation contraceptive pill

Marion Larat…has filed a case against Bayer and the French health watchdog, ANSM, after suffering a stroke and a coma in 2006 [that she attributes to Bayer's third-generation contraceptive pill, Méliane]. She has also suffered many after-effects…including speech and memory problems. Although the ANSM has warned of possible dangers, Larat argues that it should have ordered the pill to be taken off the market. Her lawyer…said…that the parents of a young woman who was taking the pill and died from a blood clot on the lung may launch legal action against Bayer in the next few weeks. [The company expressed] sympathy for the pain of the plaintiff, [but] has refused to comment. About 13,500 suits have been filed in the US by women who have taken Bayer’s YAZ pill.