The Essure contraceptive device manufactured by Bayer A.G. has come under fire in the U.S. for its serious and debilitating side effects. However, Bayer’s woes over Essure have moved...
C.R. Bard faces hundreds of lawsuits regarding its Inferior Vena Cava Filters (IVC filters), the first of which is scheduled to go to trial next fall. However, while the...
In June 2015, Cook Medical only faced around 100 IVC filter lawsuits; but over the course of the next year, the number of lawsuits skyrocketed. As the year comes...
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has suffered several huge multimillion-dollar trial losses this year, but the worst was yet to come. The third Pinnacle hip implant trial finished closing statements...
After Vincent Karst underwent open-heart surgery in early 2015, he seemed to recover well and his life slowly returned to normal. However, he slowly began to suffer from shortness...
Post-operative infections are one of the most dangerous conditions for patients recovering from recent surgeries. While all operations come with their own risks, more than 800 people allege a...
With the recent approval of Olympus America’s new power morcellator device, family members of those who have died from cancer spread by the devices struggle to understand how the...
After publishing a new, updated label for the Essure contraceptive device and a patient’s checklist to describe risks and benefits, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration officially closed its...
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a statement in 2014 discouraging the use of power morcellators to remove uterine fibroids, many considered this the end of morcellator...
With the recent release of the FDA’s revised checklist and label update for the Essure contraceptive device, many women are revamping their efforts to get the device removed from...