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Johnson & Johnson loses another pelvic mesh suit

February 19, 2016 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

A federal jury in Georgia deliberated for 3 hours yesterday before delivering another loss to Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) in a product liability lawsuit brought over pelvic mesh products. The jury in the U.S. District Court for Middle Georgia awarded plaintiff Teresa Taylor $400,000 in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages after finding […]

Filed Under: Legal News, Product Liability, Women's Health Tagged With: Johnson and Johnson, Mentor Corp., Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

JNJ settles more Mentor mesh cases | Medtech legal news for the week of January 26, 2015

January 26, 2015 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

Johnson & Johnson settles another batch of Mentor pelvic mesh cases

January 21, 2015 by Brad Perriello

Filed Under: Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Abbott, Arthrex Inc., Boston Scientific, Guidant Corp., Johnson and Johnson, KFx Medical, Legal Roundup, Mentor Corp.

Johnson & Johnson settles another batch of Mentor pelvic mesh cases

January 21, 2015 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Johnson & Johnson settles another batch of Mentor pelvic mesh cases

Filed Under: Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Johnson and Johnson, Mentor Corp., Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

Breast implants: FDA approves Mentor’s MemoryShape

June 14, 2013 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

Mentor's MemoryShape breast implants

After more than a year on the market outside the U.S., FDA regulators approved Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Mentor’s MemoryShape breast implants, shaped more like a teardrop than the traditional round implants.

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Implants, News Well, Pre-Market Approval (PMA), Regulatory/Compliance, Women's Health Tagged With: Johnson and Johnson, Mentor Corp.

Health insurance cos. press Congress to repeal Obamacare tax | MassDevice On-Call

May 29, 2013 By Brian Johnson Leave a Comment

MassDevice On Call

MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Health insurance companies stand to benefit the most from healthcare reform, but the industry is fighting hard in its efforts to repeal a levy which will go towards paying for Obamacare.

America’s Health Insurance Plans, or AHIP, the national trade association representing the health insurance industry, estimates that taxes on insurance plans scheduled to start in 2014 will net the Feds more than $100 billion over the next decade, as much as the medical device excise tax and pharmaceutical industry fee combined.

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform, Medicare, News Well Tagged With: Insurance, Johnson and Johnson, Mentor Corp., On Call

Accuray CEO Euan Thomson quits company, replaced by Joshua Levine

October 12, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Accuray logo

Medical device company Accuray (NSDQ:ARAY) said CEO Euan Thomson has left the company and will be replaced by Joshua Levine, the former CEO of Mentor Corp. and Immucor.

Filed Under: News Well, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy Tagged With: Accuray Inc., Mentor Corp.

Medical device tax: Ohio’s industry pushes repeal while GOP group gets hyper-political

May 16, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com coverage of the medical device tax

The medical device industry’s efforts to repeal an impending 2.3% tax on sales continue to run in high gear as Ohio’s med-tech industry discusses impacts with local legislators and a Congressional GOP group takes the rhetoric and runs with it.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: AdvaMed, BioOhio, Cardinal Health, Mentor Corp., Steris Corp.

An upside to the European PIP breast implant scandal?

May 3, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

breast implants

Far from chilling the breast aesthetics market, the widespread breast implant recall in Europe may have an upside for device makers as patients opt to replace their potentially rupture-prone implants.

When French breast modification company Poly Implant Prosthèse was caught filling its breast implants with substandard silicone, rival implant makers took pains to distance themselves from the scandal for fear of being tangled in a PR nightmare.

Filed Under: News Well, Women's Health Tagged With: Allergan, Breast Cancer, Johnson and Johnson, Mentor Corp., Poly Implant Prothèse

Supreme Court considers medical patents | Legal News

December 9, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in a case that could have wide-reaching implications for health care: Whether medical patents should be allowed.

At issue is the specter of doctors being sued for patent infringement based on treatment decisions derived from the scientific research underpinning the patent.

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringement Tagged With: Best Medical International Inc., C.R. Bard, Coloplast, Core Oncology, GE Healthcare, Invacare, IsoRay, Johnson and Johnson, Legal Roundup, Mayo Clinic, Mentor Corp., Oncura, Prometheus Labs, Theragenics Corp.

FDA warns on link between breast implants and cancer

January 26, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Breast implants

A Food & Drug Administration review found that women with breast implants have a greater chance of contracting a rare form of cancer than other women.

The federal watchdog agency warned doctors and patients of a possible link between saline- and silicone gel-filled breast implants and anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, a very rare type of cancer.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cosmetic/Aesthetic, News Well Tagged With: Allergan, Breast Cancer, Johnson and Johnson, Mentor Corp.

J&J’s Mentor Corp. settles ObTape liability lawsuits

June 9, 2010 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Mentor logo

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Mentor Corp. agreed to settle a group of lawsuits filed against it over an allegedly defective device designed to treat female urinary incontinence.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Gynecological, Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Johnson and Johnson, Mentor Corp.

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