This MIRENA LAWSUIT updates provides context to growing number of Mirena Lawsuits by Attorney Gabriel F Zambrano one of the lawyers speaking out about the dangers of the Mirena IUD since July 2010.

1. Mirena IUD Update
Mass Torts Made Perfect - April 12, 2013
Mass Torts Must Knows - Updates on Current Cases
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3. IUD - Evolution
Past Lessons Ignored
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4. Modern Revolution and Marketing Attack on Girls and Women
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6. 2006 - Genesis of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals
7th Largest Specialty Pharma Company Worldwide
$11.7 Billion in Annual Revenue
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8. BAYER’S LEGACY - NOVEL CONTRACEPTIVES
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10. FDA LETTERS
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12. FDA LETTERS
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13. Cause For Alarm Since July 2010
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14. Remember her from YAZ ?
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16. Black Market IUDs in July 2010
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18. Claims of Safety & Efficacy
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23. ACOG Endorsement 2012
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28. April 8, 2013
Now think back to Papantonio’s opening remarks about the control over public
opinion and related resources exerted by corporate interests.
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29. Case Selection & Screening
• Placement or Insertion Confirmed as • Strictly define your injury criteria -
Successful Embedment, Peforation or Migration
• Post-Partum ? Number of Weeks or • Out Patient or Hospitalization following
Months surgical removal
• Evidence of Post-Insertion location or • Hysterectomy vs. “Hysteroscopy”
ultrasound confirmation
• Surgical outcome or complications a
• History of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease factor
or Infection - Medical Rule Out
• Define your criteria and understanding
• Need for Surgical Removal of Mirena of definitions for injury criteria
• Surgery means surgery
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31. MDL No. 2434
In Re: Mirena IUD Products
Liability Litigation
• Transfer Order of April 8, 2013
• Southern District of New York
• The Honorable Cathy Seibel
• At time of filing over 40 related actions in 17 Federal Districts
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32. New Jersey
• BAYER sought consolidation in Summer 2012
• Denied
• Revisited in March 2013
• Ruling pending
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33. Mirena IUD
• Intrauterine Device
• Intrauterine System
• A “Drug” despite “Device” being part of the IUD acronym
• Levonorgestrel T shaped releasing cylinder
• Placed in uterus with strings ideally hanging within reach for user
to check on position monthly
• Left in place for up to 5 years
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34. • Self check will become a Defense Theme in vigilance of Learned
Intermediary, Patient/User, questions regarding placement and
choice of contraceptive
• Ask prospective clients if they were checking the strings
• Need to know regardless of their response
• Was promoted and touted as “set and forget” contraception
• It is not
• Look at info from February 2013 again
• Expect a Legal Battle
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36. Available to Co-Counsel or Lead Cases Nationwide
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