MASSDEVICE ON CALL — India media accused its government of failing to act to protect patients potentially harmed by Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) now-recalled metal-on-metal hips.
Mumbai’s dna news source wrote this week that the state government "has turned a blind eye to the plight of thousands" by failing to investigate hip implants made by J&J subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, even after an August 2013 request from its Food & Drug Administration.
"The patients were in immense pain," FDA assistant commissioner Madhuri Pawar told the paper. "Of the 15,829 implants, up to 1,295 were recalled. The remaining were fitted in 4,700 patients during surgeries all over India. A patient may require more than one implant to correct his/her condition, but only 280 have called the company helpline. The others who are suffering haven’t even been traced."
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