Million claim for ineffective birth-control pills

Several women have unwanted pregnancies and therefore draw in Canada in court. They want the equivalent of 610 million euros.

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Because of the sale apparently ineffective birth-control pills, the pharmaceutical company Apotex in Canada must adjust to an expensive court cases: A group of pregnant women has filed a class action lawsuit against the company on Friday and demanded 800 million Canadian dollars (610 million euros) damage. In the complaint it is, according to the lawyers by 45 four abortions and unwanted pregnancies.


When the women had learned of their pregnancies, they were "shocked and very concerned," said the lawyer Sandy Zaitzeff. Raise children would cost millions of dollars, she said. No one should be burdened with the cost of unwanted children.

In April, around 550,000 packs of the pill Alysena were recalled because they had errors in Canada. Because the public was not informed until five days late, and the Ministry of Health has ordered an investigation.