J&J Executive Told Company Ortho Evra Patch Risk Was Downplayed (Bloomberg.com)
J&J Executive Told Company Ortho Evra Patch Risk Was Downplayed (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson improperly claimed its Ortho Evra birth-control patch posed a low safety risk to women, a product-safety executive told Chief Executive Officer William Weldon in a 2005 letter, court records show.
Judge sets bail for O.J. Simpson at $125,000 in Las Vegas sports memorabilia theft case (The Toledo Blade)
LAS VEGAS A judge set bail Wednesday at $125,000 for O.J. Simpson in connection with the armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors at a Las Vegas hotel. His attorney later said he expected the former football star to be released within hours and return to Florida.
J&J faces thousands of Ortho lawsuits (The Star-Ledger)
The numbers keep adding up for the Ortho Evra birth-control patch. Not sales — those are down sharply — but the docket of product liability cases filed against Johnson & Johnson, the maker of the one-of-a-kind contraceptive.