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Health Care & Hospital Law

Nov. 11, 2024

Riverside case joins claims that Pfizer's contraceptive causes brain tumor

Pfizer Inc says the contraceptive Depo-Provera has been approved by the FDA as safe for 30 years but is updating its labels with warnings about long-term use.

The latest of a series of federal lawsuits that claim Pfizer Inc. negligently manufactures a contraceptive drug and fails to warn consumers that one of its ingredients could potentially increase the risk of developing a certain brain tumor was filed in federal court in Riverside on Friday.

The first known lawsuit of its kind was filed against the pharmaceutical company and its labs in a federal court in San Francisco last month. Two more were filed weeks later in the Southern Dist...

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