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• Mayo Clinic gives information on hip implants
  According to the Mayo Clinic, hip replacement surgery is meant to relieve pain and to increase the mobility and function of a damaged hip joint. But doctors may recommend other treatment first, including pain medication, physical therapy, exercise and the use of a cane or a walker. The clinic’s We...

• FDA issues guidelines for medical devices
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued what the agency is describing as a “first-of-a-kind guidance” to help medical device manufacturers get through the review process for new devices. The FDA is issuing the document, titled “Factors To Consider When Making Benefit-Risk Determinatio...

• Group says legislation ignores FDA loophole
  According to a news release by the Consumers Union, a Senate committee is scheduled to discuss legislation that would fail to correct a loophole allowing dangerous medical devices to make it onto the market. The Consumers Union is the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports. On April 25, the Sen...

• Blog: $1.2b J&J fine for Risperdal deceptive marketing likely to cause further problems
  A post on stock market information Website Seeking Alpha says Johnson & Johnson will likely deal with significant public backlash going forward. An Arkansas jury recently concluded that the company used deceptive tactics to market antipsychotic drug Risperdal, which included hiding or minimizing...

• FDA defends medical device approval process
  An internal document from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration defends the agency’s rejection of European standards for approving medical devices, according to a report in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. The FDA document amounts to the agency’s defense of its own practices, and describes...

• Surgeons association concerned about hip implants
  The American Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons held an expert roundtable on the subject of metal-on-metal hips at the organization’s annual meeting in San Francisco, which took place in February. The devices, which feature both a ball and socket coated in metal, have generated thousands of lawsuits ...

• J&J reports profit increase, despite troubles
  Johnson & Johnson reports that its first-quarter profits increased by 12.5 percent, Bloomberg reports. That increase came despite the company’s problems with nearly 30 recalls for a number of nonprescription and prescription medicines, as well as medical devices. That 12.5-percent increase cam...

• Metal-on-metal hip implants recalled – New Zealand
  An Australian newspaper reports that metal-on-metal hip implants are being recalled in New Zealand, following international reports that the devices have a high early failure rate. According to “The Australian,” a some citizens are pursuing legal action against the device’s manufacturer, seeki...

• Faulty hip joints were meant to be more durable
  Ironically, a type of hip implant that’s prompted thousands of lawsuits was designed specifically to prevent the types of problems it’s allegedly causing on a wide scale, according to a report in “Arthritis Today.”The report mentions a study published in respected British medical journal “...

• 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...