The U.S. Food and Drug administration has ordered St. Jude Medical to do additional studies on patients implanted with medical device components that are blamed in as many as 20 deaths.
According to the New York Times, the FDA has also recommended that patients who received the Riata defibrillator lead — a wire that connects a defibrillator to a patient’s heart — get X-rays or other imaging to check for problems.
The ...
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According to the Website for the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Illinois, consolidated federal cases related to the Yasmin line of birth control pills now number more than 10,000.
Plaintiffs in the cases are seeking legal redress against pharmaceutical giant Bayer over blood clots from the Yaz/Yasmin contraceptives.
Lawyers suing the company cite FDA reports of at least 50 deaths tied to the pills from 2004 to 2008, claiming ...
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The Express-Times reports the story of a woman who filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bayer Corp., claiming the company’s Yaz birth control pills caused a blood clot that killed her daughter last year.
The report says Michelle Pfleger, 18, had been taking Yaz to treat her acne. She was attending her freshman year at Elon University in North Carolina, and had been walking to class one day in September when ...
continue reading...A joint report by MedPage Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel takes a look at a bone growth agent called Infuse, made by Medtronic, which has caused a number of health problems in patients who received it.
According to the report: “The story of how the product … went from revolutionary advance to public health alert is a cautionary tale that is equal parts the art of medicine and the art of the deal.”
The report describes the Infuse product as ...
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Inside Jersey magazine has designated James McHugh of Lopez McHugh one of “New Jersey’s Top Rated Lawyers” in the magazine’s August issue.
James is listed among the state’s most highly rated medical malpractice attorneys.
According to Inside Jersey, the list is created by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. It’s based on a database of confidential peer review ratings from lawyers and members of the judiciary, who are asked via an online survey or by ...
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A story from the U.K.’s “Manchester Evening News” tells the story of a 57-year-old mother of two who spent months unable to work or leave her house because of a DePuy all-metal artificial hip implant.
Sally Gration, 57, underwent hip replacement surgery in February 2006 to treat hip dysplasia, or a malformed hip joint.
Initially, the surgery appeared to be successful. But she began suffering excruciating pain in 2010 – the year ...
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