April 13, 2018
A federal jury in Arizona just last week ordered medical device maker C.R. Bard to pay $3.6 million in compensatory and punitive damages in the first IVC filter lawsuit to go to trial. And while the…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed…
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Stryker Orthopaedics has voluntarily recalled certain lots and sizes of its LFIT Anatomic COCR V40 Femoral Heads, in light of the potential…
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Patients who undergo open-heart surgery and other cardiopulmonary operations where the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system is used, may be at risk for contamination by…
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Patients with a hernia who were implanted with a synthetic mesh device like Ethicon’s Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh to repair their hernia…
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May 3, 2016
In the second major talcum powder trial loss for Johnson & Johnson this year, the pharmaceutical company was ordered by a St. Louis jury earlier this week to pay $55 million to a 62-year-old South Dakota woman who blamed…
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April 27, 2016
Amid increasing concerns about the potential health risks associated with “low-T” products like Testim and AndroGel, a new study conducted by researchers from the U.K. examines the reasons why side effects of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) may put…
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