Thousands of metal-on-metal hip replacement recipients have had their implants fail – some within only a few years. Early detection of hip implant failures is difficult, and many patients simply don’t discover that there’s a problem until it’s too late. However, a new study shows that having an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) can help to predict the likelihood of hip implant failure. AAOS Study A new study presented at the annual meeting of the 2013 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons…
Study Shows MRI Can Help Predict Metal-on-Metal Hip Failure
The president of DePuy Orthopaedics, Andrew Ekdahl, recently testified that the company’s recall of 93,000 ASR XL metal-on-metal hip implant devices was for clinical reasons – and not because the product was defective. Ekdahl’s recent testimony was presented at the second trial against the company in Illinois. The first trial resulted in a California jury’s award of $8.3 million to the plaintiff. Approximately 11,000 similar lawsuits are pending throughout the nation. DePuy Maintains Hip Implants Were Not Defective Ekdahl and…
It’s long been known that women who take antidepressants during pregnancy face a higher risk of miscarriage, pre-term births, neonatal health problems and long-term neurobehavioral abnormalities such as autism. However, the connection has become a growing concern and is now being addressed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). What Is Known What is known about women who take SSRIs —selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as Paxil, Prozac, Celexa,…
Just days after a California jury awarded a DePuy hip implant victim $8.3 million in damages, the second of nearly 11,000 lawsuits against medical device manufacturers DePuy Orthopaedics and parent company Johnson & Johnson is now underway. From California To Chicago The second DePuy hip injury lawsuit trial is now underway in Chicago. The plaintiff, Carol Strum, a 54-year-old Illinois nurse, sued the medical device giants, alleging not only that her implanted DePuy ASR was defective but also that the…
Merck & Company is defending thousands of NuvaRing lawsuits in state and federal courts across the nation filed by women who were injured by the vaginal contraceptive ring. However, another lawsuit has been filed against the pharmaceutical giant – this time alleging that it engaged in illegal activity. Merck Accused Of Lying To Government Two former Merck & Company employees filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the drugmaker alleging that it offered huge discounts to Planned Parenthood to prescribe NuvaRing, but…
Bayer Pharmaceuticals recently reported that it has set aside $1.5 billion to allegedly address mounting litigation regarding the thousands of severe injuries and deaths surrounding its fourth generation of birth control products Yaz and Yasmin. Over $1B In Settlements Paid – No End In Sight Although global pharmaceutical giant Bayer has already paid out over $1 billion to settle nearly 5,000 claims by women who experienced blood clots that resulted in heart attacks, strokes and death, there does not seem…
A seven-year NuvaRing user claims that Organon BioScience’s vaginal contraceptive ring caused her to suffer a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) and an intracranial hemorrhage. She joins over a thousand other women who have filed NuvaRing injury lawsuits against the manufacturer. Avoiding Pregnancy Results In Lifetime Of Medical Monitoring According to a news report in the Pennsylvania Record, Wilma Romelien thought that using NuvaRing would help her to avoid pregnancy. That it did, but then her doctor diagnosed her with…
The first Actos bladder cancer trial is under way in California, and it’s not looking good for Takeda, Asia’s largest drug manufacturer. A key witness recently testified that internal company documents show how Takeda blatantly put sales over consumer safety. “The Product Came First” According to Bloomberg News, Howard Greenberg, a clinical pharmacologist, told jurors in a Los Angeles, California, courtroom that, “There are multiple e-mails from different levels of Takeda management that indicate the product came first.” He was…
The parents of a child born with a serious heart defect have sued Pfizer, the manufacturer of the antidepressant Zoloft. They allege that the company failed to warn users about the increased risks of birth defects in children born to mothers who take certain kinds of antidepressants, known as serotonin reuptake inhibitors, during pregnancy. Daughter Born With VSD The Utah couple is the latest to join the Zoloft multidistrict litigation currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern…
The same New Jersey jury that recently awarded $3.35 million in compensatory damages to a Prolift Transvaginal Mesh victim has decided to punish Johnson & Johnson by awarding the victim an extra $7.8 million in punitive damages over the company’s failure to warn about the increased risks of transvaginal mesh use. $11.1 Million Total Award According to the New York Business Journal, Linda Gross, a 47-year-old former hospice nurse from Watertown, South Dakota, was implanted with Ethicon’s Prolift Transvaginal Mesh…
