The federal court overseeing the multidistrict litigation over pelvic mesh products made by American Medical Systems, the erstwhile women’s health business once owned by Endo International (NSDQ:ENDP), is mulling sanctions on the company after quashing a 2nd round of subpoenas sent to an outside witness. Endo, which acquired AMS in 2011 for $2.9 billion, in 2015 dealt the men’s […]
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Schellhorn out, Emerson in as Monteris CEO | Personnel Moves July 25, 2016
Schellhorn out, Emerson in as Monteris CEO Monteris Medical said last week it tapped ex-Galil Medical prez & CEO Martin Emerson as its new president and chief executive officer, replacing John Schellhorn who left earlier this year. Emerson spent 8 years as prez & CEO of Galil Medical, which was acquired in June this year […]
Endo’s AMS claims pelvic mesh plaintiffs scammed into needless explantation surgeries
Endo International (NSDQ:ENDP) subsidiary American Medical Systems Holdings reportedly accused “a pyramid of businessmen, doctors and lawyers” of convincing women to undergo unnecessary surgeries to remove pelvic mesh implants and inflate their damage claims. AMS has set aside $1.9 billion to cover as many as 49,000 product liability lawsuits alleging injury from the devices. But the company […]
Jury adds $7 million in punitive damages to Johnson & Johnson’s $5.5m mesh loss
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) must pay $7 million in punitive damages on top of $5.5 million in compensatory damages it was ordered to pay yesterday in the 1st of a series of pelvic mesh lawsuits. Jurors took 2 hours of deliberation before they reached the $7 million figure, according to Law360.com. Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon […]
Johnson & Johnson lose 1st Philly mesh case
A jury in Philadelphia ruled today that Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) must pay $5.5 million in the 1st in a series of pelvic mesh lawsuits. The jury found J&J liable, based on the negligence of its scientists in relation to its Prolift pelvic mesh implant, citing it as the root cause of plaintiff Patricia Hammons’ […]
Endo International settles another clutch of AMS pelvic mesh cases
Endo 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 […]
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Endo International, PLC (NSDQ:ENDP) may have found a buyer for its American Medical Systems subsidiary after months of speculation that the Irish pharma company had put its medical device business on the block.
Pelvic mesh lawsuits: Judge urges plaintiffs, medtech companies to settle
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