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• Johnson & Johnson shareholders unhappy with management
  A story in the Washington Post says that several Johnson & Johnson shareholders spoke of their dissatisfaction with the company during their annual meeting recently. Their complaints focused on a long string of product recalls, ethical lapses and excessive executive pay. In 2010, the company’s...

• Tests performed before hip replacement
  Before you get hip replacement surgery, an orthopedic surgeon generally performs several tests to help ensure a good outcome, according to the Mayo Clinic. Fortunately, the success rates for hip replacement surgery are generally high, although they can vary based on the type of implant used. For exa...

• Problems drag down J&J profits for quarter
  Johnson & Johnson, the worlds’ largest maker of health care products, has announced that its first-quarter profits were down, but that its earnings nevertheless beat analysts’ estimates. According to a story in The Star Ledger out of Newark, sales for the quarter rose to $17.5 billion, an in...

• Court sides with J&J on patent issue
  A U.S. appeals court has sided with health care giant Johnson & Johnson – throwing out an earlier $482 million verdict in a patent infringement case, according to a story in the Newark Star Ledger. A doctor had claimed Johnson & Johnson infringed on the patent for his invention, which used...

• Lawyer says hip implant victim entitled to $5M
  A woman who received a faulty hip implant that had to be replaced after only three years should get at least $5 million from the company that manufactured it, her lawyer told a Chicago jury. According to Bloomberg, lawyers gave the closing arguments in the lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson subsi...

• Metal ions in the blood a predictor for hip joint failure
  A study published in the British Medical Journal concluded that a high concentration of the metal cobalt in a patient’s blood is a “significant risk factor” for failure of an all-metal artificial hip joint, Medscape Today News reports. In light of the findings, the researchers suggest that hea...

• Editorial contrasts J&J then and now
  An opinion piece in USA Today contrasts health care giant Johnson & Johnson’s actions in 1982, when seven people died after taking Tylenol spiked with cyanide; and in the late 2000’s when concerns started to emerge about the company’s all-metal hip implants. In 1982, the piece says, the co...

• Another J&J medical device recalled
  In the latest of a long strong of product recalls, Johnson & Johnson is recalling and replacing more than 2 million meters that diabetics use to measure blood glucose levels, manufactured by the company’s LifeScan unit. According to Reuters, the problem is a failure to operate properly at extr...

• Investors cautioned about J&J stock
  In a piece for investing blog Seeking Alpha, contributor Sarah Maller discusses her reasons for giving up on health care giant Johnson & Johnson as a viable investment. “Manufacturing problems and recalls are not just embarrassing,” she writes, “but they are a worrisome sign that managemen...

• FDA unveils new rules for metal hip implants
  Consumer Reports describes new U.S. Food and Drug Administration rules for “metal-on-metal” hip implants, which feature both a ball and a socket coated in a combination of cobalt and chromium. The new regulations will give manufacturers 90 days in which to file applications including the results...