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Gynecologist says IFU instructions not depended upon in J&J pelvic mesh trial
SAN DIEGO – A Massachusetts gynecologist called as an expert witness by attorneys for Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday he didn’t depend on instructions for use (IFU’s) that came with the mesh kits, in a trial alleging that the company ignored the injuries their devices were causing.
Gynecologist says sling products revolutionized women’s incontinence
SAN DIEGO – A Massachusetts gynecologist called as an expert witness by attorneys defending Johnson & Johnson in a trial accusing the company of knowingly selling injury-causing pelvic mesh devices on Tuesday told a courtroom the mesh implants had revolutionized treatments for incontinence.
Defense expert disputes mesh degradation in Johnson & Johnson pelvic mesh lawsuit
SAN DIEGO – An expert witness called by attorneys defending Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit alleging the company sold pelvic mesh kits to treat incontinence in women knowing the devices caused injuries told a court on Monday the Prolene materials in the devices do not degrade.
J&J top corporate spokesman says Baby Powder pure product despite trace amount of tremolite
TORRANCE – After John Hopkins, Johnson & Johnson’s corporate spokesman, watched a television commercial from the company exhibited in a courtroom showing a child sprinkling herself with baby powder, he disagreed with a plaintiff attorney that the powder was toxic.
Trial begins after hung jury in woman’s mesothelioma lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson
TORRANCE – After a jury in a Los Angeles Superior Court hopelessly deadlocked on a woman’s lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson in September of 2018 for allegedly causing her mesothelioma, a new trial began Monday in an L.A. Superior Court in Torrance to decide the issue.
Johnson & Johnson attorneys ask court to toss state’s suit during pelvic mesh trial
SAN DIEGO – Attorneys for Johnson & Johnson on Thursday asked a judge for a motion for judgment in an attempt to shut down a case in which the state of California sued the company over allegations it fraudulently sold harm-causing pelvic mesh devices.
Designer of J&J pelvic mesh product says sling was 'wonderful performer'; State's objection to description sustained by judge
SAN DIEGO – In a trial to decide if Johnson & Johnson allegedly sold pelvic mesh implant kits that harmed women to make money while ignoring the dangers, a company director on Wednesday held aloft a patch of the white mesh and stretched it in two directors to show its flexibility.
Former Ethicon sales rep says in J&J trial that minimizing risks of pelvic mesh never attempted
SAN DIEGO – In a trial to decide if Johnson & Johnson allegedly marketed medical devices knowing they caused harm to women, a former sales rep with Ethicon, the pelvic mesh-making subsidiary of J&J, said on Tuesday he never hid the potential complications of the devices from doctors.
Ethicon mesh engineer in Johnson & Johnson trial says no disfiguring shown in mesh during testing
SAN DIEGO - A product testing engineer with Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson’s pelvic mesh subsidiary, said on Monday that sling products did not change shape during stress testing in a trial to decide if the company allegedly marketed incontinence devices knowing they caused harm.