Members of a New Jersey jury that awarded a total of $11.1 million to a woman who received a vaginal mesh implant manufactured by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary did not find a design defect, according to a lawyer for the plaintiff. But they did rule that the company failed to warn the plaintiff’s doctor of the hazards, and that patient brochures fraudulently misrepresented the procedure.
A story on the decision ...
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Although a recent study found that hip implants are more likely to fail in women than in men, the study authors emphasized that hip replacement is still a very safe surgery overall.
In analyzing the results for 35,000 hip implant recipients, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City found that women were almost 30 percent more likely than men to need a repeat surgery within the first three ...
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A new analysis of insurance records published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine adds to growing evidence of a connection between two popular diabetes drugs and a potentially deadly inflammation of the pancreas.
According to a report on the study in Bloomberg, patients hospitalized with pancreatitis — linked to cancer and kidney failure — were twice as likely to be taking Merck’s Januvia or Bristol-Myers’s Byetta than a control group of ...
continue reading...In response to increasing federal scrutiny of highly caffeinated energy drinks, Monster Beverage Corp. has opted to change its official classification from “dietary supplement” to traditional beverage, CBS News reports.
Currently, energy drink manufacturers have the option of choosing either designation. Manufacturers who go with the dietary supplement classification don’t have to list the caffeine amounts, and have more leeway when it comes to adding other ingredients.
However, dietary supplement manufacturers are required to report incidents of adverse effects to the U.S. ...
continue reading...In closing arguments for a trial involving Johnson & Johnson’s all-metal hip implant, a lawyer representing a 65-year-old former prison guard who claims he contracted metal poisoning from the device said the company put profits ahead of patient safety.
The case, which is being heard in Los Angeles, is the first of nearly 11,000 lawsuits about the Johnson & Johnson ASR hip implant to go to trial. The plaintiff is asking ...
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According to a Fox Business report, General Electric Co. has issued a recall for kits meant to upgrade hospital equipment for resuscitating newborn babies.
Hospitals use Giraffe and Panda infant warmers to weigh and warm newborn babies. The devices includes equipment to provide oxygen if needed. Insufficient oxygen at birth can cause traumatic brain injury in infants.
According to the company, the problem is with system-upgrade kits ...
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