DePuy Orthopaedics Tagged Articles

Woman sues metal hip implant maker for pain and suffering

Posted: May 19, 2013 Pharmaceutical

Diana Jaras has a difficult time understanding what went wrong with her hip replacement. She was having problems with her hip and had to have her metal-on-metal Stryker implant replaced. She underwent revision surgery three months ago, and now walks

Judge moves second DePuy hip bellwether trial to September

Posted: May 10, 2013 Pharmaceutical

A federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation (MDL) involving all-metal ASR hip implants made by DePuy Orthopedics has moved the second bellwether trial from June to September.

DePuy seeks to overturn $8.26 million jury award in first ASR hip trial

Posted: May 9, 2013 Pharmaceutical

Johnson & Johnson and its orthopedics unit DePuy seek to overturn a Los Angeles jury’s decision to award $8.26 million to a plaintiff for injuries he received from a metal-on-metal DePuy ASR hip implant. The companies claim that the jury’s

DePuy’s ASR hip implant caused plaintiff’s bone decay, surgeon tells jury

Posted: April 1, 2013 Pharmaceutical

An orthopedic surgeon testifying on behalf of a woman who alleges she was injured by ASR metal hip implants manufactured by DePuy Orthopedics told jurors in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, that metal debris from the hip devices

DePuy’s tests on metal artificial hip system failed to show potential dangers of device

Posted: March 26, 2013 Pharmaceutical

Orthopedic doctors were optimistic when metal-on-metal hip replacement systems were first introduced around the world. They offered a seemingly more durable alternative to traditional ceramic or plastic artificial hips. The devices were especially attractive to younger recipients, who wanted to go

Smokers more likely to experience problems with hip replacements

Posted: March 25, 2013 Pharmaceutical

Smokers who undergo hip replacement surgery take longer to heal after their operations, experience more complications, and are more likely to need revision surgery to repair or replace their implant, a new study reveals.

Montana man awarded $8.3 million in first of 10,000+ DePuy metal hip implant lawsuits

Posted: March 14, 2013 Pharmaceutical

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics designed a flawed metal-on-metal hip replacement system and owes a retired prison guard from Montana $8.3 million in compensatory damages, a California jury decided in the first of more than 10,000 lawsuits regarding the

DePuy estimated more than a third of its metal hips would fail after less than five years

Posted: March 4, 2013 Pharmaceutical

A year after DePuy Orthopaedics recalled 93,000 artificial hips from around the world, the company estimated that more than a third of the devices would fail within four and a half years, according to the company’s internal documents recently unsealed

British MPs call for criminal inquiry into toxic DePuy hip implants

Posted: March 3, 2013 Pharmaceutical

British MPs have called for an investigation into DePuy Orthopaedics after testimony from a U.S. court case revealed that the medical device company continued to sell defective artificial hip implants despite knowing for at least three years they were toxic

Greek prosecutors charge DePuy officials with bribery, money laundering

Posted: March 1, 2013 Pharmaceutical

Greek prosecutors have filed criminal corruption charges against medical device officials who they say bribed state hospital doctors to promote the company’s products. The charges were waged against officials with DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of consumer health products giant Johnson &