While Johnson & Johnson might be a household name, the names of its subsidiary units are a bit less well known. Names like Ethicon and DePuy fly under the radar for all but those that have been negatively affected by their products’ defects while Johnson & Johnson remains known as the makers of the “no more tears” baby shampoo.
But another Johnson & Johnson unit now finds ...
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Given what we now know about the risks of power morcellation, it should come as no surprise that the search for alternative methods for uterine fibroid removal has been a fairly urgent one. No surgeon wants to replace a minimally invasive surgical technique with one that requires more recovery time and increases the patient’s risk of infection. But, given the alterative – the risk of spreading an as yet ...
Long time readers of this blog know that we go to fairly significant lengths to ensure that our posts are about the drugs, devices, and corporations that put patients at risk; not the victims themselves. Sure, at times, we’ve mentioned specific names when that information has been published for public knowledge. It is, after all, far easier to identify with a named person rather than an “unnamed plaintiff.”
However, in some cases, it is the people themselves that become larger than ...
continue reading...For the first time in history, a multi-district litigation committee has been created that is comprised of more women than men. The committee appointments, made by US District Judge Kathy Vratil, center around the current multidistrict litigation regarding power morcellators manufactured by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit.
Power morcellators are under fire for their role in spreading un-diagnosed uterine cancer cells throughout a woman’s abdomen ...
continue reading...This blog has been covering the story of Dr. Amy Reed and her husband, Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, since we started discussing power morcellators and the risks the devices pose to the public.
Drs. Reed and Noorchashm are both esteemed physicians. Dr. Reed is an anesthesiologist and Dr. Noorchashm is a cardiothoracic surgeon. They are also highly vocal critics of power morcellators, their manufacturers, and the hospitals that chose ...
continue reading...In a recent case management order, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil set November 18 as the date for an initial scheduling conference for the newly consolidated power morcellator multidistrict litigation. Centralized late last month in Kansas, the litigation initially included 20 power morcellator lawsuits, 15 of which concerned Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit.
Laparascopic power morcellators are employed in non-invasive surgery to remove masses in the uterus. The device is inserted ...
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