February 8, 2013 ~ In presenting her case, Christy Jones, the attorney representing Ethicon, had to refute on this Day 20 what has been presented so far. That is why she re-called Dr. Piet Hinoul, the former Medical Director of Gynecare Women’s Health and Urology, now with Wound Care at Ethicon. His job as Medical
[continue reading...]
January 26, 2013 ~ It was Day 11 in the Linda Gross v. Ethicon trial that brought Dr. Charlotte Owens, Worldwide Medical Affairs Director for Ethicon to the stand via videotaped deposition. Her story was remarkable for the safety and efficacy information that did not make it into the Clinical Expert Report. It was her
[continue reading...]
January 16, 2013 ~ The worldwide medical director of Ethicon took the stand all day in the trial of Linda Gross v Ethicon in an Atlantic City courtroom. The past president of the Flemish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 2007 to 2008, Piet Hinoul had become the Director of Medical Affairs at Ethicon, a
[continue reading...]
December 4, 2012 ~January 10, 2013 is the date set for opening statements in the next trial of a mesh implant patient. The plaintiff, Linda Gross, of Watertown, South Dakota, accused Gynecare, a division of Johnson & Johnson, of negligence and defective product design. The Honorable Carol E. Higbee of Superior Court of New Jersey
[continue reading...]
October 17, 2012 ~ Court cases filed around the country naming six mesh makers currently number 10,000 and are growing, some at a rate of 100 new cases filed a week. MDND has added up the number of lawsuits pending in federal court consolidated in multidistrict litigation (MDL) as well as those cases filed
[continue reading...]
Mesh 101: The Basics For reporters looking for a way to get started on the transvaginal mesh story, here are some highlights to shortcut your research. This is not a lawyer-generated story! There are real women suffering devastating injuries from the use of plastic mesh and it continues today! “We were very shocked and
[continue reading...]
July 29, 2012 ~ Johnson & Johnson’s new CEO is on the hot seat. Alex Gorsky must show up to provide a videotaped deposition concerning the upcoming Ethicon transvaginal mesh lawsuits pending before a New Jersey Superior Court. Ethicon is a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. The decision to require Gorsky and two
[continue reading...]
July 19, 2012 ~ Is more corporate oversight needed by Johnson & Johnson? After years of defective medications, contaminated children’s cold products, three closed manufacturing plants still in FDA hands , defective recalled metal hips, dangerous synthetic vaginal mesh the focus of thousands of lawsuits, kickbacks to docs to speed up sales, and illegally promoting
[continue reading...]
July 11, 2012 ~ Dr. John Wei is a urologist and professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His latest research, published June 20, 2012 in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), (here) concludes that implanting a mid-urethral sling to treat incontinence while the woman is undergoing prolapse surgery cuts in half
[continue reading...]
A few folks have asked whether or not the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Ethicon’s request to place a hold on a three-year study on the complications with transvaginal mesh? The short answer is, not yet. No doubt Ethicon, a division of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), was not looking forward to spending in
[continue reading...]
