The agency that represents 14,000-plus nursing homes across the country recently released a revealing report related to COVID-19 that does not bode well for the facilities entrusted with the care of the elderly. The report shows coronavirus cases have been on the rise in nursing home since June – in […]

Hospitals in Florida and the rest of the country generally are careful about safety measures, staff-to-patient ratios and infection control. There are specific standards of care they must meet in the communities they serve. But, enter the world of corporate healthcare and private equity firms. Basic safety equipment is a […]

Those in the education field should be focused on protecting students. Students should feel safe attending school and college. If they are being physically or sexually assaulted by teachers or coaches, they should be able to speak up, file a report, and get justice swiftly served. With new Title IX […]

In this fifth and final installment of our series on defective medical device issues, we are discussing the lack of a national device registry in the United States. Despite calls from various advocacy groups and some preliminary efforts at the federal level, the U.S. still lacks a central repository for […]

On May 12, 2020, MasterPharm, a compounding pharmacy based in New York, issued a recall of its popular hair regrowth formulation FinPlus. This medication, compounded by MasterPharm by prescription from a physician, includes finasteride 1.25 mg and a combination of Biotin, L-Lysine, Zinc, and riboflavin (vitamin B2) that are used […]

Why Columbia Born Searcy Denney Attorney Values Being Part of the Firm  Hi, my name is Juan Diaz, and I’m an attorney [product liability] at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley. I’m a board member of the Hispanic Bar Association for Palm Beach County. There’s a big portion of the […]

So far, our series discussing issues associated with defective implantable medical devices has focused on specific deficiencies in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval and safety monitoring systems. First, we discussed the inherent conflicts of the 510k clearance process.  Then, we discussed the limited recall requirements for implantable […]

Issues with defective medical devices are so common that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has implemented a system designed specifically to identify and address medical device defects. This system, known as Medical Device Reporting (MDR), requires device manufacturers and importers to report known product defect or safety issues, […]

In Part Two of our series on defective medical device issues, we are talking about recalls. Implantable medical device recalls are common, and they can vary in terms of what they mean for patients. As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) explains: “FDA uses the term ‘recall’ when a […]