Mass tort litigation has been pending against the manufacturers of NuvaRing for many years now and is hopefully drawing to a close in the coming months. The litigation is primarily based in federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, where MDL No. 1964 has been pending since 2008. The MDL is […]
Category: Common Questions
It was 2005 and Karen Bartlett, 53, took a generic drug, a version of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Clinoril. Instead of relieving the pain in her shoulder, Bartlett’s skin began eroding from two-thirds of her body. Her reaction was identified as Stevens-Johnson syndrome, which is an allergic reaction triggered by […]
Public Broadcasting should be commended for trying to explain a very important issue that most Americans do not understand – until it happens to them. A “Need to Know” broadcast, explores the mysterious world of medical devices. Most Americans imagine their Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is protecting them from […]
When our clients discover that their metal-on-metal (MoM) hip has failed and never went through U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for safety and efficacy, they ask – how did that happen? Most Americans do not understand that medical devices are largely unregulated, even for those devices that are […]
Hip arthroplasty devices have been available in the U.S. for over 50 years with a variety of outcomes. An artificial hip medical device may be used to restore function of the joint, relieve pain or cure a disease or condition not responsive to a more conservative therapy. In May 2011, […]
There is no doubt that we at Searcy Denney are seeing more and more cases of bone fractures that are occurring among women taking bisphosphonates to treat osteoporosis and osteopenia. But there may be even more cases out there that are going unreported. The authors of this article, William Ward […]
Have you ever wondered how risky and dangerous drugs make it to market under the watchful eye of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, charged with the responsibility of making sure they are safe and effective before they are released? The Journal of the American Medical Association tackles that question […]
On Monday, June 4, in a letter to two different courts, Ethicon, a division of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced it was removing four synthetic surgical meshes from the market. All four fall under the Gynecare division – the TVT Secur, Prosima, Prolift and the Prolift+M. In doing so it […]
What do we know about any of the polypropylene meshes that are being removed from the market by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division. The four involved mesh products are: The TVT Secur; The Prosima Pelvic Floor Repair System; The Prolift Pelvic Floor Repair System; and The Prolift MTM Pelvic Floor […]
It’s little known and rarely applied but the Park doctrine does allow the U.S. government to file a misdemeanor criminal charge against corporate officials even if they didn’t intend to violate any law. The law is based on the conviction of a Mr. John Park, who owned Acme Markets, a […]
