A judge has approved the first settlement in dozens of negligence cases against the Minister for Home Affairs on behalf of refugees detained by the Australian government on the island of Nauru.
Bayer told a jury that clinical trials from the 1990âs to 2014 showed its Essure birth control device was âsafe and efficaciousâ, as the pharmaceutical giant faces trial in a class action by patients who claim they suffered debilitating injuries from the device.
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer cannot write off debilitating chronic pain and bleeding which patients allegedly experienced after being implanted with Essure contraceptives as âcommon women’s symptomsâ, a court has heard in the first day of trial in a long-running class action.
A class action against Bayer over its allegedly defective Essure contraceptive devices has admonished the drug manufacturerâs bid to shield emails considered privileged in similar US litigation, arguing âthoughts and prayersâ are needed to sustain the claim.