Alysena

• Health Canada recommends women check Alysena 21 and 28 birth control for chipped pills

  Health Canada is warning women who take Alysena 21 and Alysena 28 birth control to carefully check their pills before taking them.

  Health

  Mar 8, 2018
  
• Year in review: 5 health care blunders

  A faulty birth control pill, Obamacare’s failed registration website and diluted chemotherapy drugs – there were some health care headaches that rocked 2013.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2013
  
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• Health Canada promises better public communication after delayed pill recall notice

  Health Canada says it has a plan to better communicate with the public about risks from recalled products after an independent review criticized how the recall of Alysena 28 was handled.

  Health

  Oct 15, 2013
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• Another class action lawsuit filed against birth control company

  Lawyers in Edmonton and Montreal have filed a claim against Apotex, the maker of Alysena 28, the birth control pill that was recalled in April.

  Consumer

  Sep 26, 2013
• Yaz, Yasmin birth control pills linked to deaths of 23 Canadian women: Health Canada

  At least 23 Canadian women who were taking the birth control pills Yaz or Yasmin are suspected of dying from potential adverse drug reactions, according to government records.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2013
• Law firm says 40 women pregnant in wake of birth control pill recall

  A law firm in Thunder Bay, Ont. that launched an $800-million class action lawsuit against the company that recalled a birth control pill in Canada says that 40 women are now pregnant.

  Canada

  May 16, 2013
• Ontario women launch class action suit against Alysena distributor

  A law firm in Thunder Bay, Ont. is launching an $800-million class action lawsuit against Apotex, the distributors of birth control pill Alysena that was recalled earlier this month.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2013
• Apotex expands Alysena-28 birth control pill recall

  Health Canada says Apotex Inc. will be recalling 11 additional lots of Alysena-28 birth control pills as a precautionary measure.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2013
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• Use backup contraception if got faulty ‘Pill’

  The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada says women who may have taken birth control pills from faulty packs should use a backup form of contraception for the time being.

  Apr 10, 2013