A Missouri state appeals court last week revived a pelvic mesh product liability lawsuit against Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) subsidiary C.R. Bard, ruling that a lower court was wrong to exclude prior verdicts that went against the company. Barad and co-defendant Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) escaped the suit in February 2016 after a Kansas City jury voted 10-2 […]
Here are the top 5 medtech stories of mid-2018
A growing U.S. trade war with China and other countries casts a pall on medtech — and U.S. business in general — in mid-2018. The landscape of the medical device industry continues to evolve, though. There’s a major corporate spinout in the works, as well as a mega-merger that apparently was not to be. Read […]
Boston Scientific wins third Mass. pelvic mesh trial
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) last week won the third Massachusetts trial of a product liability lawsuit brought over two of its pelvic mesh products. Ana Martinez and her husband Jose sued Marlborough, Mass.-based Boston Scientific in August 2012 in the Bay State’s Middlesex County Superior Court. After a 16-day trial, the jury found June 15 that Boston was […]
60 Minutes to speak to Boston Scientific in coverage of pelvic mesh MDL
CBS’s 60 Minutes will speak to Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) this week as the news program covers the massive multi-district litigation over gynecological pelvic mesh implants. The program referred to the multi-district litigation over the implants as the largest such litigation since asbestos, according to a press release. In early 2016, the FDA reclassified surgical meshes to […]
UPDATE: New Jersey jury hits BD subsidiary Bard with $68m pelvic mesh verdict
Updated to include a $35 million punitive damages verdict released today. Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) subsidiary C.R. Bard was reportedly hit yesterday with a $33 million verdict in a product liability lawsuit brought over its Avaulta and Align pelvic mesh products. A New Jersey jury in the Bergen County Superior Court awarded $23 million in compensatory […]
Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon loses $35m pelvic mesh lawsuit
An Indiana jury hit Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon with a $35 million verdict in a product liability lawsuit brought over its Prolift pelvic mesh. Barbara Kaiser and her husband Anton Kaiser sued Ethicon in March 2012, after learning that the Prolift mesh her doctor implanted in 2009 to treat her pelvic organ prolapse […]
British health watchdog recommends vaginal mesh ban
A British health watchdog reportedly plans to recommend that the National Health Service there ban vaginal mesh implants to treat pelvic organ prolapse, citing “serious but well-recognized safety concerns.” In recommending that the implants be limited to research use only, the U.K.’s National Institute for Health & Care Excellence said “evidence of long-term efficacy [for implants […]
Court upholds $27m pelvic mesh verdict against Boston Scientific
A federal appeals court last week upheld a plaintiff’s $27 million win over Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) in a product liability lawsuit brought over its Pinnacle pelvic mesh. A Florida jury in November 2014 found for Amal Eghnayem and three other plaintiffs who alleged that the Pinnacle mesh caused injuries including pain, bleeding and infection. Pelvic mesh implants […]
Supreme Court won’t review $3m pelvic mesh loss for J&J’s Ethicon
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday declined to review a $3 million loss for Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon in a product liability lawsuit brought over its TVT-O pelvic mesh. A jury in the U.S. District Court for Southern West Virginia originally awarded Jo Huskey and her husband damages of $3.3 million, finding in September 2014 that the TVT-O transvaginal sling […]
AdvaMed backs Johnson & Johnson in Supreme Court appeal of $3m pelvic mesh loss
The medical device industry’s largest national lobbying group, AdvaMed, is backing Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon in its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court over a $3.3 million loss in a product liability lawsuit brought over its TVT-O pelvic mesh. A jury in the U.S. District Court for Southern West Virginia awarded Jo Huskey and her husband damages […]
Bard, Covidien settle more than 130 pelvic mesh cases
C.R. Bard (NYSE:BCR) and several subsidiaries of Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) unit Covidien settled more than 130 product liability lawsuits brought over pelvic mesh products. The lawsuits were part of multi-district litigation being overseen in the U.S. District Court for Southern West Virginia. last week and yesterday Judge Joseph Goodwin dismissed 134 of the cases with prejudice “because all […]
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