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• Radiological devices had FDA whistle-blowers concerned
  Six U.S. Food and Drug Administration doctors and scientists who claim the agency retaliated against them said they were trying to raise valid concerns about medical devices of unproven effectiveness, The Washington Post has reported. The doctors and scientists, who worked in the office charged with...

• FDA looks to get devices on market more quickly
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a plan to get medical devices through the federal approval process and on the market more quickly. (more…) ...

• Lawsuit: FDA whistle-blowers faced retaliation
  A group of six doctors and scientists who worked for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have sued the agency, claiming their personal e-mail was monitored after they warned Congress that the FDA was approving faulty medical devices, The Washington Post has reported. All of the doctors and scienti...

• Lawsuit accuses Johnson & Johnson of deception
  A lawyer representing the state of Arkansas claims that Janssen, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, misled thousands of doctors in the state about the risks accompanying the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, Bloomberg reports. Arkansas is seeking more than $1.25 billion in penalties for alleged violation...

• Consumer Reports says tracking for implants needed
  According to Consumer Reports, a major problem with medical devices in the United States is a lack of any systematic way to keep track of them. The May issue of the magazine contains an investigation titled “Dangerous Medical Devices,” which examines the flawed federal approval process that allo...

• CEO may have ties to recalled implants
  New Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky is already facing some questions regarding his possible involvement with a recalled line of metal-on-metal hip implants, according to a recent report in the Newark Times Ledger. Gorsky, who started with the company in 1988, is replacing outgoing CEO William ...

• Consultant: Scrutiny forcing FDA to tighten standards
  The federal Food and Drug Administration is becoming stricter about its process for approving medical devices, according to a consultant for regulatory affairs. Those changes are coming about in response to scrutiny and criticism over a process that allows devices to be approved based on their simil...

• Consumer Reports: Medical device approval process deeply flawed
  A new issue of Consumer Reports includes an investigation into the process by which the federal Food and Drug Administration reviews medical implants for approval. The report concludes that most medical devices aren’t tested before being implanted in patients’ bodies. The situation amounts to wh...

• Mother who lost job from implant wants reforms
  A mother of three who had to quit her truck-driving job because of debilitating pain from a faulty vaginal mesh implant spoke up on Thursday, calling for federal lawmakers to close the loophole that allowed the implant to go on the market in the first place. “It’s a question of loss,” said Col...

• Departing Johnson & Johnson CEO Weldon getting $143.5 million
  Departing Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive Officer William C. Weldon, who is leaving after a spate of disastrous recalls, will get $143.5 million in retirement pay, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg reports that Weldon, 63, will remain chairman. He amassed $95.1 million in deferred and long-ter...