Tagged 'Hip Replacement'
Why Are Hip Replacements So Common?
More than 450,000 total hip replacements (THRs) occur in the United States each year. THR is a complex, invasive surgical procedure that doctors have […]
December 3, 2020
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Joint Surgery May Be Worse for Those with Mental Illness
This post was contributed to ConsumerSafety.org by Jennifer MacCormack. Individuals with a psychiatric disorder often face obstacles to their medical care. The continued social […]
September 10, 2020
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Legal Look: Johnson & Johnson’s Talc Win, $7.7 M Hip Implant Verdict, More Vaping Health Risks
This week's Legal Look covers Johnson & Johnson's legal win regarding their talcum powder litigation, a legal loss surrounding Zimmer hip implants, and the […]
August 6, 2019
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Device Disasters: How Daisy Chain Devices Leave Safety Behind
This is the second post in a three-part series about medical device regulation. In our first post in the Device Disasters series, we explained […]
July 25, 2019
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Big Pharma Stocks Fall as Large Verdicts Rise
Publicly traded companies are beholden to their shareholders. As such, when the share price of stocks start to fall, executives at those companies need […]
June 19, 2019
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$1 Billion DePuy Hip Implant Settlement Covers 6,000 Pending Lawsuits
In a DePuy Pinnacle lawsuit update, Johnson & Johnson agreed to settle nearly 6,000 hip replacement cases against their subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics last month. […]
June 12, 2019
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Legal Look: Monsanto Mediation, TVM Takedown and Talc Transfers
In this issue of the Legal Look we are examining a judge's order for Monsanto to mediate the latest Roundup lawsuit, the FDA's recent […]
April 25, 2019
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Legal Look: DePuy Hip Settlements, FTC v AbbVie, Lax Clinical Trials, and Why Juries Matter
This week the Legal Look takes on the DePuy hip settlement, the continuation of the FTC's fight against Abbvie's anticompetition practices, a new lawsuit […]
December 12, 2018
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Legal Look: Stryker Hip Settlement and Catholic Sexual Abuse Lawsuits
Today in the Legal Look, we are sharing news about a recent settlement in the Stryker LFIT V40 multidistrict litigation and two new class […]
November 20, 2018
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Johnson & Johnson Lawsuits Every Person Should Know About
Johnson & Johnson is a huge company that makes a wide variety of health-related products: Consumer health products like talc powder products, shampoos, and […]
July 5, 2018
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The Legal Look: Pressure Cookers, Hoverboards and Big Money Wins
Xarelto Victims Win $28 Million in Bellwether Trial On December 5, a Philadelphia jury ordered Johnson & Johnson and Bayer to pay $28 million […]
December 6, 2017
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