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Senators propose bill concerning unsafe medical products

Posted by William D Davis on Monday, February 13, 2012, In : Health

Reaching out to fellow Republicans and seeking bipartisan support, US Democrats aim to block of medical devices with safety issues, Bloomberg reports. They mentioned injuries from flawed medical products, including those manufactured and distributed by Johnson & Johnson.

In a statement released by the Democrats led by Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts, he explained that the bill introduced would close a loophole that lets devices win approval on the basis of their similarityt to a...

Hip Replacement Indications: OA and RA

Posted by William D Davis on Monday, September 26, 2011, In : Health

Each year in the United States, about 200,000 to 300,000 hip replacement procedures are done, as tallied by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS). A greater number of these patients are older adults, 60 years old and up. In hip replacement, the damaged joint is removed and replaced with a new prosthetic device. Manufacturers of hip implants have marketed various designs of the device. DePuy Orthopedics recently initiated a campaign telling recipients’ stories to potential reci...
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DePuy Hip Recall Should Have Been Issued Years Back

Posted by William D Davis on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, In : Health

There is definitely no doubt about it. DePuy Orthopaedics should issued a recall the moment they knew that their implants were defective. In fact, they should have never released their ASR implants to the market, because they never underwent clinical testing procedures set forth by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. It was eventually found out that the ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System both had a failure rate of 12-13%. It can also affect 1 in eve...
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Settling With DePuy: Reimbursement or Hip Recall Lawsuits?

Posted by William D Davis on Thursday, December 23, 2010, In : Law

DePuy Orthopaedics has manufactured their own patented brands of metal-on-metal hip implants, the ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System, both of which have been deemed as defective and harmful for human use—at least most of them. Just this year, the controversial company announced a product recall on these hip implants as a response to the angry complaints of the recipients. Above all, DePuy is also willing to provide reimbursements to those who were affected.

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Defects from DePuy Hip Implants ‘Not Known’ by the FDA

Posted by William D Davis on Monday, November 29, 2010,

The Food and Drug Administration, a government department, is a branch responsible for ensuring the general public that all food, cosmetic and health care products for sale in the market are safe, hygienic and effective. That said, products from different manufacturers also hold the same responsibility in creating their products according to the set standards of safety, sanitation and effectiveness that the FDA strictly requires. Moreover, the FDA has regulatory processes to ensure that these...