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- DePuy hip implants called a ‘debacle’
A story in the San Francisco Chronicle describes the DePuy Orthopaedics articular surface replacement hip implant as one of the largest medical device failures in history. The article recounts the experience of a California woman who continued to suffer increasing pain after having her hip replaced ...
- Document contradicts DePuy president’s claims
Andrew Ekdahl, president of Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics division, has testified that the company recalled its ASR hip implants because they weren’t meeting “clinical expectations,” and not because the company believed they had an underlying design defect. But lawyers in a Chic...
- Another DePuy hip trial starts in Chicago
The plaintiff in the second trial over the DePuy Orthopaedics ASR hip implant is seeking punitive damages – indicating “fraud or malice” – as well as compensatory damages, according to Reuters. The first trial of nearly 11,000 such cases recently concluded in Los Angeles. Although the jury i...
- Another trial set for DePuy hip implant
Another trial involving a DePuy Orthopaedics hip implant is set to begin in Illinois, right on the heels of a Los Angeles trial that netted an $8.33 million settlement for the plaintiff, Reuters reports. In all, nearly 11,000 lawsuits have been filed over the ASR hip implant, which Johnson & Joh...
- Corruption charges filed against DePuy officials
According to a story on Fox News, prosecutors in Greece have filed corruption charges against officials with DePuy Orthopedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Five unnamed company officials have been charged with money laundering, and paying more than $21.5 million in bribes to Greek doctors...
- Jury awards $8.3M in DePuy hip case
A Los Angeles jury has awarded $8.3 million in damages to a man who claims he suffered metal poisoning from an artificial hip implant manufactured by Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopedics division. The case is the first to go to trial of more than 10,000 involving DePuy’s ASR hip implant. Ac...
- DePuy marketers worried about profits, not patients
In 2007, marketing executives with Johnson & Johson’s DePuy Orthopaedics division discussed their concerns about the company’s ASR artificial hip implants leaving ions from toxic metal debris in patients’ bodies. But according to an article in Bloomberg, their concerns didn’t appear to c...
- FDA recalls DePuy Orthopaedics device
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the recall of a medical device made by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, Fox News reports. The device, called the LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve, is used in reconstructive knee surgery and was recalled because of the potential for fractur...
- Closing arguments to begin in DePuy hip trial
Closing arguments are set to begin in a California trial concerning all-metal hip implants manufactured by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, according to a story in the Los Angeles Times. The plaintiff claims he suffered metal poisoning and other health problems from DePuy’s ASR...
- Hip implant trial suggests DePuy knew of problems
A piece in The Economist deals with the negative information coming out in Johnson & Johnson’s trial over ASR hip implants manufactured by its subsidiary, DePuy Orthopaedics. “Most companies do everything they can to keep their executives away from court,” the piece states. “A case in Ca...
