Bayer to Pay $1.6 Billion to End 90% of U.S. Claims for Essure Birth Control Device August 21, 2020 By Tom Sims German drugs and pesticides group Bayer said on Thursday it will pay around $1.6 billion to settle the majority of...
FDA Bans Electrical Shock Medical Device in Rare Regulatory Action March 5, 2020 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday banned electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) used in curbing self-injurious or aggressive behavior,...
J&J Settles Claims by 41 States Over Risks of Vaginal Mesh for $117 Million October 18, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $117 million to settle 41 states’ claims that it misrepresented the risks of vaginal-mesh...
Allergan Halts Sale of Textured Breast Implants Linked to Cancer by FDA July 26, 2019 Allergan Plc will stop selling some breast implants after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that textured implants had...
J&J Pinnacle Hip Lawsuits Settlement Said to Cost $1 Billion May 8, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay about $1 billion to resolve most lawsuits claiming it sold defective metal-on-metal hips that...
FDA Halts Sales of Surgical Mesh by 2 Firms Over Injury Claims April 17, 2019 By Michelle Fay Cortez U.S. health regulators ordered two medical device companies to stop selling a surgical mesh used in pelvic repair surgeries, after...
FDA Medical Panel Opposes Restrictions on Breast Implants at This Time March 29, 2019 By Matthew Perrone Government medical advisers said this week it’s too soon to ban a type of breast implant that has recently been...
Doctors Alerted to Cancer Risk Linked to Breast Implants February 12, 2019 By Matthew Perrone U.S. health officials are telling doctors to be on the lookout for a rare cancer linked to breast implants after...
J&J to Pay States $120 Million to Settle Hip Implant Marketing Claims January 23, 2019 By Tina Bellon Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit have agreed to pay $120 million to resolve deceptive marketing claims by...
J&J Begins Settling Pinnacle Hip Implant Defect Claims December 12, 2018 By Margaret Cronin Fisk Johnson & Johnson has begun settling consumers’ claims that it sold artificial hips knowing they were defective, marking the first...