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• Writer wonders if even Don Draper could help J&J
  An entry on blog ThePopTort.com mentions Don Draper, the preternaturally slick ad executive at the center of AMC’s Mad Men, and wonders whether even he would be able to help Johnson & Johnson these days. “Last week watching Mad Men, when I heard Don Draper’s pitch to Dow Chemical about the...

• More hip recalls: Smith & Nephew R3
  A newspaper report warns New Zealanders to brace for another round of invasive surgery after a recall of more hip implants. According to The Dominion Post, Smith & Nephew R3 hip implants were recalled after unusually high rates of replacement surgery were required in Australia and the United Kin...

• Faulty implant reflects poorly on Johnson & Johnson
  Investment blog Seeking Alpha points out that Johnson & Johnson’s decision to stop selling four types of vaginal mesh implants is the latest example of the company’s loose approach to product safety, and should be of concern to potential investors. “While the New Jersey pharmaceutical gian...

• Johnson & Johnson gets another warning from FDA
  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 ...

• Consumer advocates: Congress missing opportunity
  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 all-metal artificial hip joints, and transvaginal mesh implants. The bill, which...

• U.K. surgeons optimistic about hip treatment
  British surgeons have developed a stem cell procedure that they hope will prevent a condition commonly leading to hip joint replacement. According to a report in The Independent, the procedure involves extracting stem cells from the bone marrow of patients in need of hip repair due to osteonecrosis,...

• Complications possible with hip replacement
  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. Potential complications from hip replacement include: (more…) ...

• FDA panel votes against Xarelto because information missing
  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. According to U.S. News and World Report, the 6-to-4 decision came as a surprise because an FDA briefing...

• Investment advisor faults medical device makers
  In a Motley Fool article for MSNBC, Sara Wright recommends against investing in manufacturers of dangerous medical devices that made it onto the market through a regulatory loophole. “I cannot see clear to investing my money in companies that do not take the safety and efficacy of their products m...

• Full-page ad calls for closing loophole
  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. The ad is running as the U.S. Sen...