By:George Mikhail Eight DePuy Orthopedics executives will be required by the court to testify in the ASR metal-on-metal hip implant litigation. DePuy Orthopedics, a subsidiary
By: George Mikhail While the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) has several car crash tests to assist consumers in purchasing safe vehicles, many people
By: George Mikhail With no surprise to our firm, the chair of the FDA hip implant panel, Dr. William Rohr of Mendocino Coast District Hospital,
By: George Mikhail A former saleswoman of Abbott Laboratories has filed a federal lawsuit against the pharmaceutical company accusing them of illegally promoting TriCor, a
By: George Mikhail The number of medical device products affected by recalls has increased the past eight quarters reaching over 123 million units recalled in
By: George Mikhail Failing metal-on-metal hip replacements may be causing further medical complications by releasing toxic nano-particles. A new study published by the Journal of
By Paul Rheingold: A new article by New York City gynecologists using the Intuitive daVinci robot is the fullest explanation to date of the risks
Birthing a child is supposed to be a joyous and celebratory occasion. Unfortunately, some expectant mothers leave the delivery room with more than just a
Bayer said settlements of lawsuits over the company’s line of birth control contraceptives have risen to more than $402 million. So far, Bayer has resolved
Back in 2006, Wright Medal Inc. took steps to convince the FDA to reject pre-market approval of rival Smith & Nephew’s Birmingham metal-on-metal hip implant.
Written by Paul Rheingold A major medical article (titled “A comparison of obstetric maneuvers for the acute management of shoulder dystocia”) recently described good practices
Stryker Orthopaedics voluntarily recalled two of its devices that are used in artificial hip replacements: Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck stems. This immediately removes both
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reviews a wide variety of health care products. When a drug is ineffective or harmful, the FDA recalls the
A new report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) claims that claims software programs used by large auto and home insurance companies in the U.S. allow
Medical implant companies have their eyes on quadrupling annual sales ofknee and hip implants, from one million now up to four million annually by 2030,
Takeda has been under fire for its heavy marketing of the bladder cancer warnings while simultaneously battling the FDA and the medical community over adding
Common pharmacy errors are incorrect dosage or the wrong drug which sounds similar to the appropriate drug. We now have a sad case which was
The jury came back with a $9 million dollar verdict in a motor vehicle accident case tried by Tom Giuffra. Our client was a 22 year old college student
Our medical malpractice team just filed a suit in the Bronx involving an infant who was born with a congenital heart condition called Wolff Parker
In 1975 medical journals first noted local tissue reactions to metal implants, especially those made with cobalt and chromium. Medical studies since then have noted
We all enjoy a day at an amusement park, but the advancements in safety have evaded the Cyclone Roller Coaster. Users would be shocked to
A 2010 study shows that 65 percent of people living in the United States take prescription medication. With so many people risking potentially adverse effects
We recently came across three articles highlighting how the youngest people of out country are subject to dangers from prescription drugs. Reuters reported on an
DePuy has been selling the Pinnacle hip implant longer than its ASR counterpart, although it has not been recalled. Nonetheless, adverse event reports are in
Our firm was the first to file NuvaRing suits in state and federal courts. Before any national or global attention was drawn to a higher
A common, yet highly illegal, practice by large medical device manufacturers such as Medtronic is to offer financial kickbacks to doctors who use their products.
The Journal of Arthroplasty in May 2012, published a study titled “Metal-on-Metal Local Tissue Reaction Is Associated With Corrosion of the Head Taper Junction.” This
A new follow up study by Øjvind Lidegaard found that compared to combined oral contraceptives containing levonorgestrel users of vaginal ring contraceptives (such as NuvaRing)
Medical devices can be an important part of patient care-but only if they work properly. According to patient safety advocates, more needs to be done
A new bill introduce by Congressman Tom Green (R) from upstate New York would require the results from all clinical trials be disclosed regardless of
In April, the Archives of Surgery published a major article on the risks of robotic surgery by Buchs and others at the University of Illinois.
Vivius Inc (Qnexa), Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. (Contrave), and Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Lorcaserin) are the latest pharmaceutical companies moving for FDA approval of prescription weight-loss drugs.
In what could be called “too little, too late” for the impotent and corporately-influenced FDA, the orthopedic division has asked to impanel a medical-science committee
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn, New York, finds itself defending hundreds of lawsuits for medical malpractice. New York State politicians have even made
For patients who allow their doctors to implant medical devices in their bodies, it is a reasonable expectation that those devices have been thoroughly tested
