Mesh Medical Device News Desk, May 1, 2019 ~ May first is the Worldwide Mesh Awareness Day, a term coined by the Mesh Awareness Movement, though recog…
Attorney and law professor, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch advised on what you should ask if you need to hire an attorney, especially if you are part of a mass tort.
Is the end in sight for pelvic mesh litigation, at one time the largest consolidation of injury cases in the country?
Trial was supposed to begin Monday morning, April 23, 2019, as Washington State sued Johnson & Johnson over failing to provide women a warning about the company's polypropylene pelvic mesh implants.
Mesh News Desk is trying to clear up some of the confusion concerning the 2019 FDA decision about POP mesh, essentially removing it from the market. This applies to pelvic organ prolapse mesh only!
Bruce Rosenberg is a patient advocate and a hernia mesh injured patient who has turned his life work as a social worker to directing mesh-injured patients to the appropriate caregiver.
Even though the Food and Drug Administration began taking in mesh-related complaints in early 2000, nine years later the agency decided mesh to treat prolapse is not safe or effective and banned it.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, April 15, 2019 ~ Charging violations of its consumer protection laws, Washington State's trial is set to begin in one ...
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, April 12, 2019 ~ H.R. 2164 would restore an Americans right to take a defective medical device maker to trial and recei…
Neurological Injuries: Path More Certain. Sponsored Content. Dr. Greg Vigna, JD, talks about his continued focus on pelvic mesh injuries with a neurological component.
With so much money at stake, the accusations are flying among lawyers trying to divvy the hundreds of millions of dollars set aside as the common benefit fund to go to those who did the heavy lifting.
Mesh maker, Ethicon, has been trying to keep pelvic mesh trials out of the plaintiff-friendly venue of Philadelphia. So far the efforts have failed.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, April 4, 2019- It is not too late to participate in a survey and confidentially share your thoughts on how the multidis…
Some transvaginal mesh attorneys are hotly contesting the 5% common benefit fund which was supposed to be distributed among those firms who did the most work in the mesh MDL.
While more than $7 billion has gone to settle pelvic mesh cases, some law firms believe their contribution to trying the cases is being subverted and they are being cheated of what they are due.
This story was originally published in May 2018. It is addressed to the thousands of women who are waiting- for a settlement or a defective product trial.
In terms of pelvic mesh litigation, those women with a "Mesh in Place" that is, no revision, there is a way to stay in the pelvic mesh litigation.
Campaigners from Sling The Mesh, July 18, 2017, Cambstimes.co.uk Mesh Medical Device News Desk, March 7, 2019 ~ The mesh manufacturer, C.R. Bard wil…
Vladae Roytapel is known as the, Russian Dog Wizard, from Newport Beach, California. Voted Best Dog Trainer in his area for many years, he was at a loss as to how to address his hernia.
Have you received a pelvic mesh settlement? Are you about to? Please understand there is a fee involved of 5% that must be contributed to a common benefit fund. But who is supposed to pay it?
Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD report that Boston Scientific is seeking the FDA approval of its mesh using the 522 orders which are an FDA-ordered review of complications.
When FDA hosted a panel in February 2013, it wanted to tap into the best minds concerning the status of transvaginal mesh. What they got was an inconclusive picture. Still mesh remains on the market.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, February 11, 2019 ~ Today, February 11th, is the last day to submit comments to the Federal Register as the FDA conven...
The judge overseeing more than 100-thousand pelvic mesh product liability lawsuits addressed the lawyers involved in pelvic mesh litigation. He delivered good news, they can split $550M from a 5% fund
from Women of Influence, 2018 Mesh Medical Device News Desk, January 31, 2019 – Emmet Awarded $41 Million by Philadelphia Jury Over Mesh injuries Eth...
Sponsored Press Release, January 28, 2019 ~ Vulvar pain beginning after implantation of a TVM device should never be diagnosed as vulvodynia becaus…
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, January 30, 2019~ Bard Hernia Cases Moving Forward, Using the lessons of TVM. Bard MDL 2846 (2:18-md-02846) has formed...
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, January 30, 2019 - Emmet Closing Arguments The trial of Suzanne Emmet moves into closing arguments today in a Philadel…
The BBC reports on a doctor who blew the whistle on an influential Scottish gynecologist for failing to disclose financial conflicts of interest with a major mesh maker.
The American Urogynecologic Society still promotes the mid-urethral sling as an option for women experiencing incontinence and wants to keep it that way despite a lawsuit by Washington AG against JNJ.
It may not come as a surprise to the many readers of Mesh News Desk (MND) who have been implanted with pelvic mesh, but a study finds many in declining mental health, even suicides.
What facility did Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) choose when he had to have a hernia operation? Hint- It's not in the U.S.
Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, is a doctor and a lawyer and has been involved with mesh-related complications since 2013. His focus…
Dr. Shirin Towfigh is a hernia mesh doctor in Beverly Hills, CA. Mesh News Desk is preparing a series of stories on hernia mesh as litigation begins to focus on this medical device
What happened with the Mesh Mess in 2018? Here are just some of the highlights of coverage in the U.S. in 2018 with many more stories reported glob…
This YouTube video is produced by Dr. Greg Vigna and Dr. Michael Hibner highlights why so many women with pelvic mesh implants also have corresponding nerve injury.
After a lengthy jury selection, the case of Suzanne M. Emmett from Lancaster Pennsylvania finally got underway December 3rd. The case blames Joh…
A woman who was significantly injured by the Solyx Transvaginal Mesh Sling has accused the sling manufacturer, Boston Scientific Corporation, of f...
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, December 4, 2018~ As regular readers of Mesh News Desk understand, and as you've experienced in your own litigation, …
It had to happen. The hundreds of millions of dollars resulting from the 5% common benefit fund, $500m? needs to be divided among law firms involved with mesh litigation. Can you say contentious?
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, November 30, 2018~ It’s been one year since the death of 42-year-old Christina Lynn Brajcic of Windsor, Ontario. She h…
Family Tree of Meshes, Littman Mesh Medical Device News Desk, November 26, 2018~ The FDA realizes that 42-year-old rules that regulate medical device...
Power morcellator, Contemporary ObGyn Mesh Medical Device News Desk, November 24, 2011 ~ The FDA seems to be in a game of catch up when it comes to r…
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, November 22, 2018 ~ The FDA continues to explore what went wrong with mesh for pelvic organ prolapse and will rely on t...
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, November 19, 2018 ~ Suzanne M. Emmett, from Lancaster Pennsylvania is getting ready for the trial that will determine…
Expert Panels often decide to approve drugs and devices, but how objective are the panelists when they have financial arrangements with those they are regulating?
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, November 1, 2018~ The Attorney General of Washington State is moving ahead with holding Johnson & Johnson liable for d...
Alex Gorsky, CEO J & J Mesh Medical Device News Desk, November 1, 2018 ~ Alex Gorsky is the CEO of Johnson & Johnson, In his rosy assessment to anal…
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, October 24, 2018 ~ Industry White Papers continue to point to a bright future for polypropylene mesh implants despite t…
AUGS, the American Urogynecologic Society concluded its annual members meeting this month, standing by its commitment to the use of polypropylene mesh, despite the many injuries reported.
Scales of Justice, WikiCommons This story from St. Louis (here) is about a U.S. Chamber of Commerce tactic to have people sign onto a letter to their...
Mesh injured women traveled across the country in October 2018 to speak face-to-face with urogynecologists who advocate implanting polypropylene pelvic mesh to show them the faces of the injured.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, October 11, 2018 ~ J&J has won a talcum powder case in New Jersey, filed by a woman who claims the asbestos in the powd…
Justine Watson, ABC News AU Mesh Medical Device News Desk, October 10, 2018 ~ Around The World: Mesh Inquiry in Australia is making front page news, ...
Mary Dickson after depo Mesh Medical Device News Desk, October 3, 2018 ~ Mary Dickson claims her mother died from the complications of her two Johnso…
Mary Dickson Mesh Medical Device News Desk, October 1, 2018~ Mary Dickson is set to have her deposition taken Tuesday. She is trying to keep her moth...
Another media outlet shares MND feelings about mainstream media coverage of pelvic mesh injuries, which has focused on "greedy lawyers" rather than mesh makers and harm.
TVT and TVT-O, surology.com Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 24, 2018- After four days of deliberation, jurors in the trasnsvaginal mesh case...
Nancy Gretzinger, Author, Educator, Patient Advocate, mesh victim turned to writing and advocacy to deal with her mesh injury.
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Mesh Medical Device News Desk, **UPDATE September 24, 2018 ~ Lawyers for Susan McFarland rested their product lia…
The pelvic mesh litigation has put a strain on many law firms not used to handling so many clients at one time. Why then not look at a new form of o...
The anonymous "Still Standing" has helped many of you with her insight into the legal process. Now she needs your help.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 14, 2018 ~ Mesh News Desk wanted to visit with Ella Ebaugh as the seventh transvaginal mesh trial to be held ...
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 11, 2018 ~ The topic of seeking funding for your mesh removal surgery is certainly a controversial one. While…
TVT-O from beckenbodenzentrummuenster.de Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 10, 2018 ~ The McFarland pelvic mesh trial is the seventh product l...
Prolift, from Sumsuro, Japan Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 5, 2018 ~ The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has been a problem venue for J…
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Mesh Medical Device News Desk, August 24, 2018 ~ Eve Sherrer lost both of her cases against Boston Scientific and C.R. Bard in 2016. Now an appellate …
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, August 23, 2018 ~ As many readers already know, polypropylene (PP) is the plastic polymer component that goes into mak...
TVT-O from beckenbodenzentrummuenster.de Mesh Medical Device News Desk, August 21, 2018 ~ Four new pelvic mesh lawsuits will be heard in the coming m…
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, August 13, 2018 ~ Marion Scott, now with The Sunday Post, has done a tireless job on following the anti-mesh campaign i…
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, August 13, 2018 ~ It was set to start tomorrow, but the mass trial of more than 100 plaintiffs has been reset as thous...
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, August 8, 2018 ~ A campaign by the Bleeding Edge hosted by StoryCorps amasses real human testimonials about an issue o...
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, August 7, 2018 ~ The entertainment industry news source, Variety, reports on the controversy surrounding the documentar…
Federal court, Charleston WV More than 2,400 cases Dismissed Without Prejudice today Today, Monday, August 6, Judge Goodwin has been busy dismissing ...
When women were injured by the birth control device Essure, they became the driving force behind the removal of the controversial device from the market.
After a conversation with someone familiar with medical devices, she thought mesh was off the market. It is not and is still used as a first-line treatment for incontinence, despite the problems.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, July 27, 2018 ~ The fallout from lax federal regulation over medical devices and the harm done to patients, is the fo...
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, July 24, 2018 ~ At one time the multidistrict litigation (MDL) had more than 104,000 product liability cases filed ove…
Besides transvaginal and hernia mesh, a number of other implantable medical devices such as a male sling system is also showing problems for patients.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, July 17, 2018 ~ Amid the reports of a growing company, Johnson & Johnson is facing massive litigation costs it's requir…
Johnson & Johnson, maker of Baby Powder, is facing its largest jury award yet, $4.7 Billion. Story from July 12, 2018., most of it...
SUI Mesh use will be suspended in England after regulators listened to stories from injured patients.
Despite thousands of product liability, lawsuits filed against American Medical Systems, a former executive of the company would like to market two incontinence pelvic meshes.
Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) polypropylene mesh, which has injured so many, has finally been reclassified as "High Risk" after giving industry another 30 months until moving it from moderate risk.
Twelve years after a portrait was removed from the University of Alabama, the so-called father of gynecology, a statute of J. Marion Sims who experimented on black women, is removed from Central Park.
It began in January 2012. Multidistrict litigation (MDL) was supposed to make getting to trial easier to eliminate the confusion on conflicted lower court rulings, but 6 years later, it's closing.
In some mesh-implanted patients, an autoimmune response is incited. There are far too many cases to be...
Prolift, MedTech Marketing Mesh Medical Device News Desk, June 20, 2018 ~ Patricia Hammons' Prolift pelvic mesh trial against Ethicon, a division of …
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, June 20, 2018 ~ A U.S. Senator from New Hampshire wants some answers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) follo...
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, June 18, 2018 ~ Friday June 15th, a Woburn, Mass. jury came back deciding for Boston Scientific in the 16 day trial of…
Jim Waldenberger, Kline Specter Mesh Medical Device News Desk, June 12, 2018 ~ During the opening arguments, an attorney for Ms. Martinez says the co…
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, June 11, 2018 ~ The following story is retrieved from the first full day of the Ana Martinez v Boston Scientific trial...
THE FIRST WEBINAR- June 8, 2018 – Many questions came into the first webinar conducted by Mesh Medical Device News Desk (MND) and Monheit Marketing th…
The editor of Mesh News Desk is hearing from newly mesh-implanted women who are being told the same thing - that the mesh they are being presented is "New Mesh" - it is still polypropylene!
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, June 2, 2018 ~ The jury trial of Ana Martinez v Boston Scientific got underway May 31st in Middlesex County trial cour…
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, May 29, 2018~ While product liability trials against mesh manufacturers are few and far between, the latest action, Ma...
For some plaintiffs, it can make all of the difference where their case is litigated, particularly when it comes to pelvic mesh cases.
The story of polypropylene mesh and whether it was sourced from China from a substandard facility to make device implants is the subject of a profile on 60 Minutes.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, May 21, 2018 ~ Luke’s problem started with an abdominal crunch in a college gym. He felt a twinge in his groin. It w…