• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe

MassDevice

The Medical Device Business Journal — Medical Device News & Articles | MassDevice

  • Latest News
  • Technologies
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    • Cardiovascular
    • Orthopedics
    • Neurological
    • Diabetes
    • Surgical Robotics
  • Business & Finance
    • Wall Street Beat
    • Earnings Reports
    • Funding Roundup
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Initial Public Offering (IPO)
    • Legal News
    • Personnel Moves
    • Medtech 100 Stock Index
  • Regulatory & Compliance
    • Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
    • Recalls
    • 510(k)
    • Pre-Market Approval (PMA)
    • MDSAP
    • Clinical Trials
  • Special Content
    • Special Reports
    • In-Depth Coverage
    • DeviceTalks
  • Podcasts
    • MassDevice Fast Five
    • DeviceTalks Weekly
    • OEM Talks
      • AbbottTalks
      • Boston ScientificTalks
      • DeviceTalks AI
      • IntuitiveTalks
      • MedtechWOMEN Talks
      • MedtronicTalks
      • Neuro Innovation Talks
      • Ortho Innovation Talks
      • Structural Heart Talks
      • StrykerTalks
  • Resources
    • About MassDevice
    • DeviceTalks
    • Newsletter Signup
    • Leadership in Medtech
    • Manufacturers & Suppliers Search
    • MedTech100 Index
    • Videos
    • Webinars
    • Whitepapers
    • Voices
Home » Endo International settles another clutch of AMS pelvic mesh cases

Endo International settles another clutch of AMS pelvic mesh cases

July 13, 2015 By Brad Perriello

Endo International's AMS subsidiaryEndo International (NSDQ:ENDP) last week settled another batch of product liability lawsuits brought against subsidiary American Medical Systems Holdings over its pelvic mesh implants.

Last October the company agreed to put some 20,000 of the lawsuits to rest, saying it would increase the amount of money it had set aside to cover the claims from $1.2 billion to approximately $1.6 billion. In April 2014, Endo announced it reached agreements to settle up to approximately 21,700 additional mesh claims with separate plaintiffs’ law firms. In June 2013, it settled an undisclosed number of cases for $54.5 million.

Endo, which acquired AMS in 2011 for $2.9 billion, earlier this year agreed to sell the urology portion of that business to Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) for $1.65 billion.

Last week AMS said it and the plaintiffs in 167 of the cases settled all claims in the lawsuits, according to a filing with the U.S. District Court for Southern West Virginia, where Judge Joseph Goodwin is overseeing several multi-district litigations involving pelvic mesh products.

In 2008, the FDA notified transvaginal mesh manufacturers about reports of potential complications stemming from the devices. In 2012, the agency ordered AMS and other manufacturers to conduct post-market safety studies and monitor the rate at which adverse events were reported.

Tens of thousands of product liability lawsuits ensued, filed against pelvic mesh makers including several Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) divisions, C.R. Bard (NYSE:BCR), Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX), Coloplast (CPH:COLO B) and AMS. The devices are designed to treat female stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.

Filed Under: Legal News, Women's Health Tagged With: American Medical Systems Holdings Inc., Endo Health

More recent news

  • Johnson & Johnson MedTech launches new Volt plating systems for radius, humerus
  • PharmaSens, SiBionics collab on all-in-one insulin patch pump
  • Beta Bionics to pair iLet automated insulin delivery system with Abbott’s dual glucose-ketone sensor
  • Anaconda Biomed wins CE mark for funnel catheter
  • FDA approves Neuspera neuromod for urinary incontinence

Primary Sidebar

“md
EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND STAY CONNECTED
Get the latest med device regulatory, business and technology news.

DeviceTalks Weekly

See More >

MEDTECH 100 Stock INDEX

Medtech 100 logo
Market Summary > Current Price
The MedTech 100 is a financial index calculated using the BIG100 companies covered in Medical Design and Outsourcing.
MDO ad

Footer

MASSDEVICE MEDICAL NETWORK

DeviceTalks
Drug Delivery Business News
Medical Design & Outsourcing
Medical Tubing + Extrusion
Drug Discovery & Development
Pharmaceutical Processing World
MedTech 100 Index
R&D World
Medical Design Sourcing

DeviceTalks Webinars, Podcasts, & Discussions

Attend our Monthly Webinars
Listen to our Weekly Podcasts
Join our DeviceTalks Tuesdays Discussion

MASSDEVICE

Subscribe to MassDevice E-Newsletter
Advertise with us
About
Contact us

Copyright © 2025 · WTWH Media LLC and its licensors. All rights reserved.
The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media.

Privacy Policy