Lawsuit: More Than 100 Women Say Birth Control Mix-up Led To Unplanned Pregnancies
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – More than 100 women are suing a birth control drug company after they say an error resulted in them getting pregnant.
CBS News reports the class action lawsuit was filed in a Pennsylvania State Court last week.
The suit claims Qualitest Pharmaceuticals – a subsidiary of Endo Pharmaceuticals – and its manufacturers distributed defective birth control pills back in 2011, causing 113 accidental pregnancies across 26 states.
Endo Pharmaceuticals' corporate office is near Philadelphia.
The company recalled eight different kinds of oral contraceptives after it was discovered that the rows of pills inside the box were placed upside down.
The case seeks millions of dollars in damages - in some cases the costs of raising adulthood children born from allegedly unplanned pregnancies.
CBS News says they reached out to representatives for Endo Pharmaceuticals and Patheon Inc., the company that packaged the products. Both declined to comment on the ongoing litigation, but emphasized that "patient safety" and "product quality" is their top priority.
Endo Pharmaceuticals said they have only been able to confirm one defective pack ever sold to a patient.
