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IVF Culture Media Recall

Helping families with lost or damaged embryos due to CooperSurgical’s recalled embryo media.

If you’re going through fertility treatments like In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), you’re putting all your trust in the clinics and suppliers helping make your dream of a family a reality.

If you experienced embryo loss or damage due to negligence by a fertility clinic or supplier — including product defects, lab errors, or inadequate quality controls — Clarkson may still be able to help. Use the form below to tell us what happened.

Update: Clarkson Law Firm's lawsuits against CooperSurgical, Inc. and The Cooper Companies have been resolved through settlement.

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CooperSurgical’s recalled embryo media
CooperSurgical’s recalled embryo media

Experienced embryo loss or fertility negligence? Tell us what happened.

We value your privacy and this claim is 100% confidential. We never share private information or send unwanted messages.

The truth about reproductive negligence.

While fertility treatments like IVF are a dream come true for many hopeful parents, there is a dark side to this largely unregulated $8 billion industry. Just as the industry has seen fertility clinics cut corners and put profits over people, we’re now seeing similar mistakes being made and quality control compromised by suppliers, as evidenced by a new trend of product recalls in the fertility industry.

Fertility negligence takes many forms — defective products, lab errors, mislabeled samples, inadequate quality controls. When a clinic or supplier's failure costs you embryos, time, money, or the chance to grow your family, you may have legal options.

Clarkson has been at the forefront of fertility negligence litigation since filing the first CooperSurgical suit in the nation in December 2023 and settling it in 2026. Our team has the experience and resources to investigate new claims and fight for families who have been failed by the fertility industry.

Since we filed that first suit against Cooper, we’ve heard from hundreds of would-be parents who’ve had their embryos arrest, exhibit delayed development, or otherwise be compromised by CooperSurgical’s deficient lots of culture media. Our firm is at the forefront of legal action against the company, handling suits in a number of federal and state venues around the country and representing hundreds of clients both in the U.S. and around the world.

If you or a loved one have been impacted by deficient culture media or issues with other materials used in fertility cycles, please contact us to see how we can help as soon as possible.

This is just the latest in a series of unscrupulous manufacturers releasing toxic materials into the fertility industry, killing thousands of embryos, and then belatedly and quietly issuing recalls to clinics without making details public to the patients whose families are forever changed by the preventable deaths. Cooper is one of the largest companies of its kind, providing materials through direct distribution in over 20 countries. Cooper, like so many in the fertility industry, has leveraged lax regulation to pursue profits without regard for quality control.

Our Approach

Clarkson's Fertility Negligence practice aims to help families recover from the trauma of fertility negligence and mistakes made during the IVF process. We prioritize our clients’ confidentiality while holding companies financially accountable for their misconduct, leading to long-term institutional change that promotes safety and transparency within the fertility industry.

Clarkson’s Fertility Negligence team has worked on some of the most important cases in this practice area, many of which were resolved confidentially prior to litigation. We have the resources and knowledge to take on companies such as CooperSurgical and to fight for the maximum compensation that our clients deserve. Lead attorney Tracey Cowan has nearly a decade of experience negotiating, litigating, and resolving fertility negligence disputes with IVF clinics and associated defendants. She provides our clients with an intricate understanding of the IVF process and legal safeguards, as well as the sensitivity and support they need during a time of upheaval and uncertainty.

Lost embryos in a fertility clinic?

If you or someone you know has experienced embryo loss, a fertility clinic error, or harm caused by a defective fertility product, you may have legal options. Tell us what happened.

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