MASSDEVICE ON CALL — The Corporate Action Network is looking for tips to help take down healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and its CEO, Alex Gorsky.
CAN is looking for current or former employees or anyone else with information to come forward with any information that may signal corruption at the company. The inquisition was spurred by accusations late last year that J&J subsidiary Ethicon lost or destroyed thousands of key documents ahead of a lawsuit over the company’s pelvic mesh products.
"We believe that Johnson and Johnson and its destruction of documents is the tip of the iceberg," Jane Akre, founder of an online network of pelvic mesh "survivors," said in prepared remarks. "We believe that Johnson and Johnson’s CEO Alex Gorsky and other top executives may be covering up other scandals, and we are asking the public to confidentially submit their information."
CAN is reaching out via Facebook, Twitter and other social media channels to solicit tips and is also taking comments via their "Johnson & Johnson Hurts Women" website.
A Texas jury recently awarded $1.2 million to a plaintiff in a product liability lawsuit filed over Ethicon’s TVT-O pelvic mesh.
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