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. Today, there are over 1,500 cases pending in that litigation, with each plaintiff raising similar allegations that the Physiomesh was…
A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine raises more concerns about the safety of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters when used in older patients with pulmonary embolism (PE—a blood clot in the lung). Results of the study showed that patients receiving an IVC filter…
According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF), glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the U.S. The disease affects an estimated 3 million Americans, with more than 120,000 suffering blindness because of it. On July 29, 2016, the FDA approved a new treatment for…
A North Carolina man recently filed a new Zimmer M/L Taper Hip System lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. He names as defendant manufacturer Zimmer U.S. Inc., and claims that after he was implanted with the Zimmer hip…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced plans to “modernize” its fast-track 510(k) approval process, which has been heavily criticized by some as allowing potentially defective medical devices onto the market before they are properly tested in clinical trials. The 510(k) process currently allows manufacturers…
Global online news organization The Guardian, together with the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) and other news organizations, has launched a new investigation into pacemakers, contraceptives, breast implants, hip implants, and other medical devices that have been found over the years to be defective or linked…
Global online news organization The Guardian, along with other news organizations, is investigating the medical implants industry in the wake of thousands of reports showing adverse events linked with devices like hip implants and hernia mesh implants. A large number of these devices have been…
Back in May 2017, New Jersey consolidated all state-filed Stryker LFIT V40 hip implant lawsuits into one court in Bergen County for pretrial proceedings. This was just a month after federal cases were brought together in the District of Massachusetts. Both courts have been working…
In a recent safety communication, the FDA warned patients and eye doctors about problems associated with the Raindrop Near Vision Inlay, a medical device that helps improve near vision. The device has the potential to increase the risk of corneal haze, a type of cloudiness…
A Wisconsin woman has filed a new Prolene Hernia Mesh lawsuit against manufacturers Ethicon, Inc. and parent company Johnson & Johnson. She claims that after she was implanted with the Prolene Hernia System, she suffered from serious injuries. She filed the case in the Superior…
