News Tagged ‘Health Canada’

Canadian groups issue label change on birth control patch

Canadian pharmaceutical company Janssen-Ortho, Inc. in cooperation with Health Canada has issued a press release updating information on the average daily release rates of contraceptive hormones from the Transdermal Contraceptive System () that is marketed in Canada and approved for use for the prevention of pregnancy. is bioequivalent to Ortho Evra, the birth control that is marketed in the United States.

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J&J settles lawsuits with Canadian women harmed by birth control patch

hand hold patch 128x150Johnson & Johnson, the makers of the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch for women, has agreed to settle filed by Canadian women who suffered from , heart attacks or strokes after using the . The drug maker avoided trial by spending more than $68 million to settle similar claims by women in the United States, according to Bloomberg.

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