Posts Tagged 'DePuy'

Report questions timing of hip implant recall

Posted March 27, 2012 in Depuy Hip Replacements | Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Health | Product News and Recalls

A major Australian newspaper is questioning why the country’s regulatory agency for drugs and medical devices allowed DePuy’s all-metal hip implants to be sold there for years after data showed they had a high early failure rate.

The report in the Sydney Morning Herald mentions documents the New York Times obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, which indicated that DePuy executives sold the devices in the United States and abroad despite knowing that they were potentially dangerous for patients who ...

Categories: Depuy Hip Replacements, Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Health, Product News and Recalls

Tags: debris, DePuy, early failure, hip implants, lawsuits, metal-on-metal

New York Times: Company knowingly sold defective implants

Posted March 27, 2012 in Depuy Hip Replacements | Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Health | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls

Johnson & Johnson executives decided to phase out a replacement hip joint and sell its remaining inventory to be surgically implanted in patients just weeks after the company got a letter from the Food and Drug Administration about serious safety concerns with the devices.

The Times cites documents it attained under the Freedom of Information Act.

A report in the New York Times says that after receiving the letter, company executives waited a year to take the DePuy hip implants off the ...

Categories: Depuy Hip Replacements, Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Health, Product Liability, Product News and Recalls

Tags: debris, DePuy, early failure, hip implants, lawsuits, metal-on-metal

Mother who lost job from implant wants reforms

A mother of three who had to quit her truck-driving job because of debilitating pain from a faulty vaginal mesh implant spoke up on Thursday, calling for federal lawmakers to close the loophole that allowed the implant to go on the market in the first place.

“It’s a question of loss,” said Colorado resident Jay Nevarez. “I lost my job and my health, and am in the process of losing my home.”

According to a report in The Boston Globe, Nevarez joined ...

Categories: Depuy Hip Replacements, Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Product Liability, Product News and Recalls, Recall, Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit

Tags: debris, DePuy, early failure, hip implants, lawsuits, metal-on-metal, transvaginal mesh

Columnist: Preemptive implant removal a bad idea

Posted March 21, 2012 in Depuy Hip Replacements | Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls

A medical columnist for the British newspaper Daily Mail writes that patients should not get all-metal hip implants removed simply because they’re worried over recent reports about the devices.

Dr. Ellie Cannon acknowledged that patients who received the implants in question are likely to be alarmed about two widely reported problems. The first problem associated with these implants is that studies show the all-metal variety of artificial hip fails at a substantially earlier rate than other types, causing pain and loss ...

Categories: Depuy Hip Replacements, Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Product News and Recalls

Tags: debris, DePuy, early failure, hip implants, lawsuits, metal-on-metal

NPR broadcast examines faulty hip implants

Posted March 20, 2012 in Depuy Hip Replacements | Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls

National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” on Monday provided an in-depth look at the problems that recipients of DePuy’s all-metal hip implants are dealing with. The company recalled the implants in 2010 because of a high early failure rate.

The broadcast actually went into the operating room at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital, where New Hampshire resident Susy Mansfield was undergoing surgery to remove one of the faulty devices.

The surgeon described for listeners the dead muscle and the staining on Mansfield’s tissue from ...

Categories: Depuy Hip Replacements, Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Product Liability, Product News and Recalls

Tags: debris, DePuy, early failure, hip implants, lawsuits, metal-on-metal

Departing Johnson & Johnson CEO Weldon getting $143.5 million

Posted March 16, 2012 in Legal Issues | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls | Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit

Departing Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive Officer William C. Weldon, who is leaving after a spate of disastrous recalls, will get $143.5 million in retirement pay, according to Bloomberg.

Bloomberg reports that Weldon, 63, will remain chairman. He amassed $95.1 million in deferred and long-term compensation during his 40 years with the company, and his pension has a present value of $48.4 million.

The report mentions that the company struggled with recalls of artificial hip implants and over-the-counter drugs, and safety concerns ...

Categories: Legal Issues, Product Liability, Product News and Recalls, Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit

Tags: CEO, debris, DePuy, early failure, erosion, hip implants, Johnson & Johnson, lawsuits, mesh contraction, metal-on-metal, organ perforation, pelvic organ prolapse, stress urinary incontinence, transvaginal mesh, vaginal scarring, William C. Weldon

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Posts Tagged 'DePuy'

Report questions timing of hip implant recall

New York Times: Company knowingly sold defective implants

Mother who lost job from implant wants reforms

Columnist: Preemptive implant removal a bad idea

NPR broadcast examines faulty hip implants

Departing Johnson & Johnson CEO Weldon getting $143.5 million

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