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PEREZ v. WYETH LABORATORIES, INC.

713 A.2d 588 (1997)

313 N.J. Super. 646

Saray PEREZ, Cheryl Bailey, Kimberly Bartlett, Anna Cesareo and Soraya Arias, Plaintiffs, v. WYETH LABORATORIES, INC., a subsidiary of American Home Products Corporation; American Home Products Corporation; Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Division of American Home Products Corporation; Wyeth-Ayerst International Inc.; Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Company and Dow Corning France, S.A., Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middlesex County.

Decided December 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances Tomes, East Brunswick, for plaintiffs (Richard Galex, on brief) (Galex, Tortoreti & Tomes).

Anita Hotchkiss, Morristown, for defendants (Anita Hotchkiss, Linda Pissott Reig, and Toby A. Holbreich, on brief) (Porzio, Bromberg & Newman).

CORODEMUS, J.S.C.

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The Norplant System is a long-term, reversible birth control method which consists of six capsules. Each capsule contains the synthetic hormone levonorgestrel and is implanted below the skin of the patient's arm. The system provides contraception for up to five years but may be removed to permit a women to become fertile.

Norplant was designed and developed by The Population Council. The Population Council is a nonprofit...

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