FDA Confirms Association Between Breast Implants and Lymphoma
As of September 30, 2018, the FDA had received 660 medical device reports of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), including nine deaths. Though…
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Medtronic Recalls Over 150,000 Pacemakers for Software Problem
In January 2019, Medtronic released an urgent medical device recall for over 150,000 Adapta, Versa, and Sensia pacemakers distributed worldwide between March 10, 2017 and…
More Birth Control Pills Recalled for Potential Packaging Errors
On March 4, 2019, the FDA announced that Apotex—a Weston, Florida company—is voluntarily recalling four lots of Drospirenone and Ethinyl Estradiol birth control tablets. The…
Smith & Nephew Birmingham and R3 Lawsuits Proceeding in Maryland
When metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacement implants first came on the market, they were advertised as being superior to other types of implants, providing for a…
DePuy Agrees to $120 Million Settlement to Resolve Claims from 46 States
After years of defending hip replacement lawsuits in courts around the country, DePuy Orthopaedics and parent company Johnson & Johnson have agreed to a $120…
Family Found to Have Met Burden of Proof that Gardasil Caused Daughter’s Death
When their 21-year-old daughter died unexpectedly in 2008, shortly after receiving the Gardasil human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the Tarsell family blamed the vaccine for the…
Utah Man Undergoes Revision Surgery After Bard Ventralex Hernia Mesh Fails
A Utah man recently filed a new Bard hernia mesh lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. It joins the…
Patients Sue HealthPlus After Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens
The State of New Jersey recently released an inspection report detailing problems found at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook, including a number of…
Judge Orders Production of Physiomesh Exemplars for Destructive Testing
In June 2017, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated all federally-filed Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuits into one court in the Northern District of Georgia.…
Lemtrada and Campath Linked with Serious Types of Stroke, FDA Warns
On November 29, 2018, the FDA warned about a rare but serious life-threatening risk of stroke and artery rupture in patients taking the multiple sclerosis…