Midwest Legal Partners, PLLC: Pfizer Recalls 1 million Birth Control Pills- Both sides brace themselves for potential lawsuits and legal arguments

More than 1 million packets of birth control pills are being recalled after packages were made with the incorrect dosage of active and inactive tablets. The pills themselves are not dangerous, but taking the incorrect dosage could lead to unwanted pregnancies. The affected drugs include Lo/Ovral-28 tablets and generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets that have expiration dates ranging between July 31, 2013, and March 31, 2014. It was a packaging problem rather than a safety issue, and Pfizer claims that the problem was promptly corrected.

News outlets have reported on the recall as well.

Many women taking this pill could potentially be pregnant, but does this mean that Pfizer needs to rush to the phone to contact every woman who has taken the pill and start talking settlement? This is one of the many questions the legal experts are now exploring, with mass tort and product liability attorneys in a frenzy to execute an effective marketing plan to bring in the clients.

Experts have offered differing opinions on the viability of a case that may be brought by one of the drug's users.

Pfizer is probably not looking to quickly resolve the matter with 1 million customers. Potential clients will be screened by attorneys and their medical experts to show that they took the drug, got pregnant when they took the drug, took the correct or recommended dosage, and that Pfizer’s negligence was a but-for proximate cause of the pregnancy. Pfizer’s attorneys undoubtedly have been very busy strategizing how to structure settlement packages. Fighting faulty birth control packages in trial could be disastrous for the company that has already been seeing recent diminishing profit margins.

The FDA has also provided details and lot numbers for the recall.

Posted by Attorney Saif R. Kasmikha