The New Jersey Superior Court judge overseeing thousands of transvaginal mesh lawsuits filed against Ethicon Inc. has upheld the $11.1 million verdict awarded last year to the plaintiff in the proceeding’s first bellwether trial. Judge Carol Higbee of Atlantic County Superior Court denied Ethicon’s motions for a new trial and judgment notwithstanding the verdict on […]Read More
By Shirley S. Wang Surgical mesh kits used to repair a condition called pelvic organ prolapse should be more closely regulated, the Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday, signaling heightened recognition of the safety issues associated with the devices currently on the market. The FDA’s proposed changes, if finalized, would reclassify the medical devices […]Read More
Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA, DICE@fda.hhs.gov FDA issues proposals to address risks associated with surgical mesh for transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued two proposed orders to address the health risks associated with surgical mesh used for transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). If finalized, the orders would reclassify […]Read More
Our Attorney, Mallory Mangold, is sponsoring the Hammerin’ For Habitat 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, February 22, 2014. Mallory says, “I am learning more and more about Habitat. They don’t just give away homes to needy families. The families have to go through a rigorous screening process to qualify. If the family qualifies, they are given […]Read More
From BLOOMBERG NEWS By Andrew Harris Feb 5, 2014 2:34 PM CT Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and AbbVie Inc., the company it spun off last year, hid the dangers of using the testosterone replacement drug AndroGel, five men claimed in lawsuits. Their complaints, filed in the federal court in Chicago yesterday, came four days after the […]Read More
February 6, 2014 | By Mark Hollmer Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon arm lost an early fight ahead of trials alleging that it sold faulty vaginal mesh implants that harmed women. Patients’ attorneys had accused the company of inappropriately destroying or losing hundreds of thousands of product documents relating to the issue, and a judge has […]Read More
By Jef Feeley(Feb 5, 2014 3:22 PM CT) Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) improperly destroyed files about some vaginal-mesh implants and may have to let juries weighing lawsuits over the devices hear evidence about the destruction, a court official said. J&J’s Ethicon unit, which made Gynecare Prolift and TVT Retropubic meshes, lost or destroyed thousands of […]Read More
Safety Announcement: FDA evaluating risk of stroke, heart attack and death with FDA-approved testosterone products [01-31-2014] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the risk of stroke, heart attack, and death in men taking FDA-approved testosterone products. We have been monitoring this risk and decided to reassess this safety issue based on the […]Read More
The NCAA denies suppressing information about concussions to college athletes and says it isn’t responsible for injuries sustained by a former Samford women’s soccer player. Mary Shelton Wells, who played soccer at Samford from 2008 to 2010, sued the NCAA last September in Mobile County Circuit Court, alleging she would have quit soccer and not […]Read More
Posted on December 9, 2013 by Krysta Loera Plaintiffs’ attorneys for the transvaginal mesh multi-district (MDL) litigation in Charleston, West Virginia allege that Johnson and Johnson either destroyed or misplaced thousands of files that were ordered to be retained by the company. Ethicon, a unit of Johnson and Johnson that manufactures the Gynecare Prolift transvaginal […]Read More
