The Rochester Business Journal out of New York says an area woman’s lawsuit is one of two bellwether cases that will affect the outcome of thousands of claims concerning DePuy Orthopaedics hip implants.
Local businesswoman Ann McCracken, 57, had an all-metal hip joint implanted in 2009. According to the story, it was “marketed as particularly appropriate for younger, more active candidates.”
DePuy, a division of Johnson & Johnson, recalled the implants in ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Website cautions that while all artificial hip replacement systems carry risks that the devices will break down or wear out, those risks are particularly high with “metal-on-metal” implants.
A metal-on-metal implant features both a ball and a cup coated with a combination of cobalt and chromium. The FDA says the metal components slide against each other when the recipient is walking or running, and tiny ...
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Johnson & Johnson is set to face the first of 1,800 cases to go to trial over the company’s vaginal mesh implants, Bloomberg reports.
A lawsuit by Linda Gross, 47, will be heard in Superior Court in Atlantic City, N.J. At issue is whether Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit adequately warned of the risks of the device.
But Bloomberg notes that several manufacturers are facing lawsuits by women who claim the devices, ...
continue reading...A column in the Chicago Tribune from the Mayo Clinic answers a reader’s questions about hip replacement surgery.
The questions are from a hip arthritis patient who’s 53 and in excellent health, wondering if a “direct anterior approach” would work best.
According to the column: “Hip replacement surgery involves removing part of the hip joint and replacing it with an artificial joint that has a ball component made of metal or ceramic ...
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Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky has been elected chairman of the board for the company, Bloomberg reports. He will replace Bill Weldon, who stepped down as CEO in April and is retiring next year.
Weldon had been in charge during some prominent missteps for the company, including a string of recalls.
An all-metal artificial hip manufactured by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics was recalled in 2010 after a number of ...
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A British lawmaker is calling for a “sweeping overhaul” of the system by which the European Union approves medical devices, after an undercover investigation found regulators were prepared to license a dangerous hip implant.
According to UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph, Miller is chairman of a parliamentary select committee looking into problems with regulation of medical devices in Britain. He’s quoted ...
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