Complications Following a Surgical Procedure Every surgical procedure comes with some side-effects. There will most often be some pain, swelling and soreness around the surgical cut. In most cases, however,…
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Families of those killed in car accidents resulting from GM’s faulty ignition switch have been waiting to hear how General Motors will be held accountable. Now they have their answer:…
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In a federal court in West Virginia, five transvaginal mesh manufacturers, C. R. Bard, Boston Scientific Corp., American Medical Systems, Coloplast Corp., and Cook Medical, are purported to be in…
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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…
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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…
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In 2003, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Inc. expressed concerns about whether Actos users could develop cancer. These reservations on the part of the Japanese pharmaceutical company came to light in court documents…
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The parties involved in the Ethicon multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia are facing difficulty regarding discovery requests, according to a…
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Federal Judge Overseeing Ethicon Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits Levies Sanctions Against Defense Counsel
Published May 16, 2014 by Digital Journal The federal judge overseeing thousands of transvaginal mesh lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon, Inc. unit has sanctioned the companies' attorneys for…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a reversal agent to be used in patients experiencing serious and uncontrollable bleeding. The anticoagulation reversal agent is called Kcentra, a…
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According to a European health care expert, pregnant women who take a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant early in pregnancy increase their child's risk twofold of developing a heart…
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