Did Drugmaker Hide Birth Control Patch Risks?

According to private internal documents obtained by NBC News, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson may have known about deadly risks of its birth control patch Ortho Evra years ago, but kept the product on the market anyway. Johnson Johnson - Health - Birth control - Contraceptive patch - Reproductive Health

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