Recently a jury returned a defense verdict in the Chicago trial of Carol Strum vs. DePuy (In Re DePuy ASR Hip Litigation, No. 10-L-10506, Cook County Circuit Court). This was on the heels of the 8 million dollar Plaintiff verdict in the Los Angeles case of Kransky...
DePuy Hip Replacement
DePuy Gets Help From Big PHRMA’s Protector
In the current Chicago trial of Carol Strum vs. DePuy, J&J must tell the jury its conduct with the DePuy ASR was reasonable and the ASR is safe. J&J needed to bring a neutral person whose only concern is safety for consumers, who looking at only the facts,...
Co-Inventor Testifies He Would Not Use DePuy ASR
On the heels of J&J president Andrew Ekdahl’s amazing testimony in the trial in Chicago of Carol Strum vs. DePuy that the ASR hip was not recalled due to defects, but to was merely a matter of the DePuy ASR failing to meet “clinical expectations”, orthopedist and...
J&J President Testifies DePuy ASR Recall Had Nothing to Do with Safety
On day three of the March 18, 2013 in the trial in Chicago of Carol Strum vs. DePuy, Johnson and Johnson (J&J), President Andrew Ekdahl amazingly testified that the 2010 recall of the metal on metal hip had nothing to do with safety concerns or defects, but was...
Troubles Mounting For Johnson & Johnson
Fresh on the heels of a $8.3 million dollar verdict finding its DePuy hip was defective, (Kransky v. DePuy, BC456086, California Superior Court, Los Angeles County), Johnson & Johnson’s is recalling its OneTouch VerioIQ glucose meter, because, according to the...
$8.3 Million Verdict against J and J for Defective DePuy ASR Hip
On March 8, 2013, after six days of jury deliberations, a Los Angeles jury held Johnson and Johnson (J and J) liable for its defective ASR hip implant and awarded $8.3 million to Loren Kransky, a 65 year old retired prison guard. Kransky had the hip implanted in...
DePuy Predicts 40% Failure of ASR Hip Implant
An internal investigation conducted by DePuy owner Johnson & Johnson shortly after it recalled the DePuy ASR implant has produced troubling results. J&J estimates that nearly 40% of patients with the recalled hip will need it replaced within 5 years. About...
FDA Panel to Examine DePuy ASR and Metal on Metal Hip Failures
On June 27-28, 2012 the FDA will impanel its Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee in Gaithersburg, MD. According to the FDA, “ the agency is seeking additional expert scientific and clinical advice on the risks and...
FDA Edges Closer Towards Action on Metal Hip Implants
Previously we have chronicled some of the problems surrounding the De Puy ASR metal on metal hips that have required revisions by countless people in the USA and elsewhere. Depuy ASR Hip Replacement Linked To Metal Toxicity and Additional Surgery [youtube...
The FDA Medical Device Fasttrack Approval Process Draws New Fire
35 years ago, Congress passed the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 which established the framework of the current FDA regulatory system. This set of laws included one commonly known today as the 510(k) process. This 510(k) process allows medical devices, from...