According to a Bloomberg report, federal regulators have warned Johnson & Johnson’s consumer product division about a number of violations, including the company’s failure to properly review more than 60 medical complaints about a vaginal moisturizer product.
A letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns that Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil unit received 227 complaints during a seven-month period about its K-Y Liquidbeads, including 68 unspecified medical complaints that were ...
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Some consumer groups are complaining about legislation that recently passed in the U.S. Senate, accusing Congress of passing up an opportunity to keep unsafe medical devices off the market – such as DePuy Orthopaedics 
According to the Mayo Clinic, hip replacement surgery is generally safe. But as with any surgery, complications can occur. Some complications are serious. But fortunately, most can be treated successfully.
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has voted against approving Johnson & Johnson’s blood thinner Xarelto for prevention of blood clots in people with acute coronary syndrome.
Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, has placed a full-page print ad in Washington, D.C.-based publication Politico, calling on Congress to close a loophole that allows dangerous devices to make it on the market without clinical testing.
