Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is no stranger to controversy. From being embroiled in massive litigation in DePuy ASR artificial hips, Pinnacle litigation, and in the transvaginal mesh litigation with its Ethicon Gynecare products to its multiple legal troubles and...
Transvaginal Mesh
Mesh Mistrial; New Trial Starts July 29, 2013
U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin declared the mistrial last week after determining that jurors would not be able to disregard improper testimony by a plaintiff's witness Dr. Lennox Hoyte had testified that no one implants or sells the mesh anymore. The answer was...
Ethicon Gynecare Trial Cases to be Selected on July 25, 2013
On July 25, 2013, Judge Joseph Goodwin will hear presentations submitted by counsel for consideration for selection as bellwether cases in the Johnson & Johnson Ethicon Gynecare transvaginal mesh cases. Based on this procedure, Judge Goodwin will then select...
510(k); Pathway for Safer drugs or Recipe for Disaster
Recent medical disasters such as the DePuy ASR, DePuy Pinnacle, and transvaginal mesh cases have revealed that medical devices were approved for use without adequate clinical data based on a grandfathering type provision in the FDA called a 510(k) process, where a new...
Are Too Many Doctors Simply Sales People for Big Pharma?
Big Pharma paid doctors more than $1 billion in 2012 to act in various spokesperson capacities, for travel and meals, as well as research and royalties, which is significantly more than reported in 2011. According to a new data reported in the Financial Times, that...
Who is Responsible for J&J’s DePuy ASR, Pinnacle, Ethicon’s Gynecare, and Merck’s Vioxx and Fosamax?
Consumers injured by defective devices face an armada of attorneys as they seek to hold accountable device makers such as J&J’s hip implants DePuy ASR, DePuy Pinnacle, J&J’s transvaginal mesh product Ethicon, and Merck’s FOSAMAX that has left countless post...
Vaginal Mesh and Litigation Status
As a result of numerous suits filed by women for injuries sustained from transvaginal mesh, the Federal Court system placed these cases in a consolidated system and the MDL panel assigned these cases to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia...
Risperdal adds to DePuy and Ethicon Troubles for J&J
Johnson and Johnson (J&J), already embroiled in massive litigation in DePuy ASR artificial hips, and in the trans vaginal mesh litigation from its Ethicon Gynecare products, faces another significant issue over its mounting legal troubles stemming from its...
Vaginal Mesh and Pelvic Prolapse
Many of the women who received vaginal mesh did so because of a condition known as Pelvic Prolapse. Some of the women were not fully aware of non-surgical alternatives or treatments for this condition. The FDA has information on this condition, which is excerpted in...
FDA Reviews of Vaginal Mesh
As many women injured by vaginal mesh unfortunately already know, these devices can lead to dramatic and heartbreaking consequences, severe physical pain, real emotional distress, and be a catalyst in the destruction of intimate relationships. In this blog we review a...