In the first case concerning transvaginal mesh implants to go to trial, jurors in California ruled that a manufacturer of the devices and a doctor must pay a total of $5.5 million, Bloomberg reports.
The damages will go to a woman who was left incontinent and in chronic pain because of injuries caused by Bard’s Avaulta Plus vaginal implant. Hundreds more lawsuits are pending, alleging that implants made by Bard, Boston ...
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According to a report in U.S. News and World Report, people who have total hip or knee replacement surgery are about 30 times more likely to have a heart attack in the two weeks after the procedure.
Researchers in the Netherlands published the results of their findings in a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The report quotes lead researcher Dr. Arief Lalmohamed of Utrecht University in the Netherlands as ...
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Johnson & Johnson and federal prosecutors have reached a settlement over allegations that the company illegally marketed its antipsychotic drug Risperdal and other medications.
That settlement will reportedly be about $2.2 billion, and include about $400 million in criminal fines.
But the settlement won’t be the end of Johnson & Johnson’s legal troubles. It’s still facing thousands of lawsuits from plaintiffs alleging that the company’sread more.... --> continue reading...
The New York Times reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conducted a wide-ranging surveillance operation against its own scientists.
The agency used “spy software” designed to help employers monitor workers, and captured screen images from the government laptops of scientists as they were being used at work or at home.
Though federal agencies have broad discretion to monitor their employees’ computer use, the F.D.A. program may have crossed legal lines ...
continue reading...Amid evidence that Johnson & Johnson continued to sell a dangerous vaginal mesh implant for nine months after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered it to stop, some observers are questioning whether federal regulatory agencies are currently able protect consumers.
A Bloomberg story quotes University of Michigan business professor Erik Gordon as saying that the issue points out “the industry’s ability to shrug off FDA enforcement. If companies can get ...
continue reading...A report in the Salt Lake Tribune concerns 50 Utah women who have joined thousands of plaintiffs nationwide in lawsuits against vaginal mesh manufacturers.
The report includes an interview with an unnamed Utah woman in her 50s who had the device implanted in order to treat a leaky bladder. Not only did the device fail to cure problems, but it also caused her constant pain in addition ...
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