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Norplant taken off the U.S. market after numerous lawsuits.

Date: 2002

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By 2002, tens of thousands of lawsuits have been filed against Norplant's manufacturer, Wyeth-Ayerst. The corporation reaches an out-of-court settlement with the women, and then takes Norplant off the market in the U.S. in 2002.