In addition to warning IVC filter maker C. R. Bard about medical device reporting and quality system violations, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also cracked down on two Bard IVC filter recovery devices that have not been cleared for market. In its July 13 letter, the FDA held Bard accountable for adulteration/misbranding violations at its Tempe, Arizona, facility. The charges concern Bard’s ...
Are Retrievable IVC Filters Worth the Risk?
Posted July 6, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
The health risks posed by retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters have long been the subject of much scrutiny. IVC filter lawsuits allege that companies like C. R. Bard and Cook Group released defectively designed IVC filters onto the market without adequately testing for dangerous side effects. In legal battles, IVC filter manufacturers have frequently stated that the devices’ health risks are outweighed by their potentially life-saving benefits. However, ...
IVC Filter Maker Cook Group to Get New President
Posted June 27, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
According to The Indianapolis Star, IVC filter company Cook Group will have a new president come this July. Current president Kem Hawkins will step down next month after 14 years in the position. He will be replaced by the current president of Cook Medical, Pete Yonkman, who joined Cook the same year Hawkins became president.
As president of Cook Group, Yonkman will have to attend to a slew of ...
continue reading...Bard IVC Filter Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss
Posted June 25, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
A Florida federal judge recently denied a motion to dismiss filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., in an IVC filter lawsuit. The judge dismissed a failure-to-warn claim, but allowed the Bard IVC lawsuit to proceed on the grounds of defective design. According to the court order, the judge found that the plaintiff may be able to convince a jury ...
Nevada Court Denies Bard’s Request to Seal IVC Filter Lawsuit Files
Posted June 17, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada has denied a motion by C. R. Bard, Inc., to seal court files relating to a Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filter lawsuit.
Although Bard has settled a few IVC filter lawsuits, it has also attempted to win at trial. In the second Bard lawsuit to go to trial, Lopez McHugh attorneys, including partner Ramon Rossi Lopez, put on extensive ...
continue reading...Study: Perforation the Rule, Not the Exception for Longer-Indwelling Cook IVC Filters
Posted June 16, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
A study published in CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology has turned up startlingly high rates of vena caval perforation by Cook Celect and Gunther Tulip inferior vena cava (IVC) filters.
IVC filters are a type of medical implant designed to prevent blood clots from forming in and traveling throughout the body, thus reducing the incidence of strokes and other life-threatening events. IVC filters have ...
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