Posts Tagged 'metal-on-metal'

FDA recalls DePuy Orthopaedics device

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the recall of a medical device made by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, Fox News reports.

The device, called the LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve, is used in reconstructive knee surgery and was recalled because of the potential for fractures, according to the report.

DePuy is currently facing legal action for another joint replacement device. Approximately 10,000 plaintiffs have filed lawsuits regarding injuries caused by ...

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J&J must pay $181M as part of Medicare fraud case

Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $181 million to a Houston law firm that worked on behalf of the state of Arkansas in a Medicare fraud case against the company.

A Reuters story says that payment is part of a $1.2 billion settlement the company agreed to pay Arkansas in 2012, based on the state’s claims that Johnson & Johnson downplayed the risks of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal.

Arkansas alleged ...

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Closing arguments to begin in DePuy hip trial

Closing arguments are set to begin in a California trial concerning all-metal hip implants manufactured by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, according to a story in the Los Angeles Times.

The plaintiff claims he suffered metal poisoning and other health problems from DePuy’s ASR hip replacement device, which he had implanted in 2007. Johnson & Johnson recalled about 93,000 of ...

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Government investigating J&J over medical devices

Johnson & Johnson has disclosed that the government is investigating possible false claims connected to two of the company’s medical devices, Bloomberg reports.

The ASR artificial hip implant, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, has been the basis of about 10,000 lawsuits based on their tendency to break down early and leave toxic metal debris in patients’ bodies.

And at ...

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Hip joints under investigation are among many recalls

A story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune notes that Johnson & Johnson’s hip joints, currently the basis of an investigation by federal prosecutors, were part of a string of 30 recalls by the company over the past three-and-a-half years.

Johnson & Johnson revealed the government investigation in a recent report to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

According to the regulatory filing, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts and the Civil Division of ...

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J&J recalls another metal hip component

Johnson & Johnson has recalled a metal hip component sold outside the United States, called Adept modular heads, Reuters reports.

The company is already facing about 10,000 lawsuits connected to another model of all-metal hip implant called the ASR, which was recalled in 2010 over its tendency to break down early and leave toxic metal debris in patients’ bodies.

The Reuters story ...

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