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Medical Devices Largely Unregulated, Recent Analysis Finds

Implanted medical devices are increasingly commonplace in the modern world. In fact, approximately one in ten Americans have at least one medical...

Jury Awards $110.5 Million to Woman Claiming Cancer from Talcum Powder Use

On May 4, 2017, a St. Louis jury awarded $110.5 million to Lois Slemp, 62, who claimed that she developed ovarian cancer...

Power Morcellator Use Drops after FDA Warning

According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the use of power morcellators has decreased dramatically since 2014 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that the devices could spread cancer. Power morcellators have been used for decades in minimally invasive gynecological procedures like hysterectomies and fibroid removal. The device enters the abdomen through a small incision instead of requiring a large incision like traditional surgeries. Once in the abdomen, the...

Power Morcellator Cases Finally Being Settled

Johnson & Johnson has begun settling claims filed against its power morcellator device that victims claim harmed them by spreading undetected cancer....

Johnson & Johnson to Pay $500 Million in Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawsuit

A Texas federal jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $500 million to five plaintiffs who suffered injuries from its Pinnacle...

FBI Investigates Power Morcellators

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating Johnson & Johnson, the world's largest maker of power morcellators. The company is under...

Hip Implant Cases Head To Trial

Zimmer Holdings Inc. was once the top seller of hip implants worldwide, at one time, accounting for 70 percent of the market...

Johnson & Johnson Settles Hip Implant Lawsuits Anew

Johnson & Johnson, an orthopedic subsidiary DePuy Orthopedics Inc., (DePuy), has agreed to settle additional claims regarding the hip implant product liability...

Johnson & Johnson Hip Replacement Recall

On August 26, 2010, DePuy Othopedics, Inc., a part of Johnson & Johnsons Medical Device & Diagnostic group, issued a global recall of both its ASR XL Acetabular System (total hip replacement) and its DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System (hip resurfacing). According to DePuys own press release, this hip replacement recall was prompted by data recently received by the company show[ing] that more people than expected who received the ASR Hip System experienced pain and other symptoms that led to...