{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Ethical Nag","provider_url":"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org","author_name":"Carolyn Thomas","author_url":"https:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/author\/czthomas\/","title":"FDA panel that approved Yaz and Yasmin had ties with industry","type":"link","html":"At least four members of the FDA advisory committee that endorsed these controversial birth control drugs have received money from Bayer, the drugs' manufacturer. The FDA, however, made none of those financial ties public before approving the drug, now linked with increased risk for blood clots.  All four industry-funded members voted in support of the oral contraceptives. Yet advisory committee member Dr. Sidney Wolfe, author of the consumer guide \"Worst Pills\/Best Pills\" (that had previously warned of serious health risks associated with these drugs) was not allowed to vote due to his conflict of interest.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/yaz-anapol.jpg?fit=440%2C330","thumbnail_width":238,"thumbnail_height":291}