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UK Health Organizations Conduct Study on Transvaginal Mesh Safety
In the United Kingdom, the Department of Health and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have been collaborating on a safety review of transvaginal mesh. Their collaborative...
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First Trials for Defective DePuy ASR Hip Replacement System Set for January 2013
A state case regarding the recalled DePuy ASR hip replacement system is scheduled to go to trial in January 2013 in Prince George’s County, Maryland. If DePuy does not settle with plaintiffs before...
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First Gynecare Prolift Lawsuit Trial Moves Forward in New Jersey Court:...
The first trial of 1,800 regarding Johnson & Johnson’s defective Gynecare Prolift vaginal mesh was heard in a New Jersey state court in Atlantic City last week. The trial, known as Gross v....
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DePuy ASR Hip Trial Update: DePuy Marketing Director Voiced Concerns about...
The first of 10,000 DePuy ASR Hip lawsuits is on trial in a California Superior Court in Los Angeles County. The trial, Kransky v. DePuy, continues to move forward with testimony, most recently from a...
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Second DePuy ASR Hip Trial Begins in Chicago Court
On the heels of Johnson & Johnson’s loss in a California Superior Court case regarding their DePuy ASR Hip implant, the second DePuy ASR Hip lawsuit started on March 11 in the Circuit Court of Cook...
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USA Today Editorial Decries Johnson & Johnson and DePuy for Failure to...
A recent USA Today editorial piece published on March 24 takes the position that Johnson & Johnson and DePuy mismanaged the development and marketing efforts behind their DePuy ASR Hip Replacement...
View ArticleSome Previously Approved Medical Devices are Skirting Past FDA Evaluation
Published May 8, 2012 on TMD A loophole in federal law requires the FDA to approve some previously-recalled medical devices. Now, the agency says it wants to see that changed. Defective hip implant...
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DePuy Hip Replacements Require Revision Surgery
In 2010, DePuy recalled two types of hip replacements, the ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System. DePuy Orthopaedics is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. DePuy decided to...
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$4 Billion DePuy ASR Hip Settlement in the Works
Claims targeted at DePuy, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, over their ASR hip implant may soon be settled following the announcement of a $4 billion agreement intended to settle approximately 7,500...
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Most DePuy ASR Lawsuits Must Be Filed Before August 2012
Published May 18, 2012 on InjuryBoard DePuy ASR hip implant patients in most states who do not file lawsuits before August 23, 2012 may lose their rights to compensation or to file a lawsuit. Every...
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