Most of the remaining metal-on-metal hip cases facing Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy could reportedly be settled for about $1 billion. The deal, which includes a prior $400 million settlement, covers about 95% of the 6,000 cases involving Pinnacle hip implants that had to be removed, Bloomberg reported, citing two “people with knowledge of […]
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J&J’s Ethicon issues urgent field safety notice over intraluminal staplers
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon has released an urgent field safety notice recalling select Intraluminal Staplers distributed in the UK and Ireland over issues with the devices that may affect their performance during surgeries. Ethicon said that after investigating complaints and returned products, it confirmed the occurrence of uncut washers and malformed staples within the recalled […]
Plaintiff wins $120m in latest pelvic mesh trial against Johnson & Johnson unit
A state court jury in Philadelphia reportedly slapped Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon with a $120 million verdict yesterday in a product liability lawsuit brought over one of its pelvic mesh products. The jury in the Pennsylvania Court of Common pleas awarded Susan McFarland $20 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages after […]
UPDATE: Jury finds J&J’s Ethicon not liable in Philly pelvic mesh trial
UPDATE: Includes comment from J&J’s Ethicon Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon has been found not liable in a suit claiming that an allegedly faulty pelvic mesh implant had caused a patient’s condition to worsen, alongside other complications, according to a report from TheLawFirm.com. A jury in Philadelphia yesterday took less than a full day of deliberations […]
Pennsylvania appeals court upholds $14m plaintiff win in Ethicon mesh case
A state appeals court in Pennsylvania yesterday upheld the plaintiff’s $13.7 million win in a product liability lawsuit brought over one of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon‘s pelvic mesh products. Plaintiff Sharon Carlino was awarded $13.5 million in damages in February 2016, after a Keystone State jury found that the Ethicon transvaginal polypropylene tape […]
J&J’s Ethicon touts economic study of magnetic Torax GERD device
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon touted a study showing that the Linx device it acquired two years ago was cheaper than laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in treating gastrointestinal reflux disease. Shoreview, Minn.-based Torax Medical makes the Linx device, an implant of interlinked titanium beads with magnetic cores designed to augment the esophageal sphincter to prevent […]
Ethicon seeks data on Neuwave liver ablations
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon said it has launched a global registry to collect and analyze real-world data on patients with soft tissue liver lesions ablated with the company’s Neuwave microwave ablation system. The multicenter, observational registry will follow approximately 1,500 patients worldwide for five years from the date of their first liver […]
UPDATE: Philly jury hits J&J’s Ethicon with $41m judgment in pelvic mesh case
Updated to include a response from Ethicon. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon has been hit with a $41 million verdict in a pelvic mesh product liability suit in Philadelphia, according to a report from the Mesh News Desk. A jury in Philadelphia found that Ethicon’s Gynemesh, Prolift and TVT-O meshes were defective, and that the company […]
J&J’s Ethicon touts surgical staplers study
Johnson & Johnson’ Ethicon business is promoting the results of a head-to-head study between an Ethicon surgical stapler and a Medtronic stapler system. Ethicon’s Echelon Flex GST system had a 20% staple-line air leak rate when tested out on pig lungs under modeled physiologic breathing conditions, versus a 44% rate for Medtronic’s Endo Gia with Tri-Staple […]
Pa. State Judge orders new trial in J&J pelvic mesh case
A state judge in Pennsylvania this week ordered a new trial in a suit alleging a that a woman was injured by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon’s TVT-Secur pelvic mesh implant. The jury had previously ruled that the TVT-Secur device was defective in design and that the company did not appropriately warn pelvic floor surgeons of […]
Appeals court slashes $50m from J&J stapler suit damages
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon had approximately $50 million slashed from punitive damages it owes in a product liability suit over its PPH 03 hemorrhoid stapler, according to recently released court documents. In December 2015, a California state jury awarded the plaintiff in the case, Florence Kuhlmann, $70 million in punitive damages on top of an […]