South Africa, Sept. 8 -- A law firm has indicated that more than 300 women have initiated a lawsuit over Bayer's recalled batch of Yaz Plus contraceptives in 2024. Image credit:,, via Wikimedia Commons Image credit: Berlinschneid, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons According to EWN, LHL Attorneys was approached by the women after the pills were recalled following a packaging error.

The error meant the defective packs (Batch No. WEW96J, distributed on 9 and 24 November 2023) contained only four hormone-free placebo tablets instead of 24, compromising their contraceptive effectiveness.

The affected packs contained 24 light orange hormone-free tablets and four pink film-coated hormone tablets, instead of the regulated 24 pink film-coated ...