All filed federal product liability lawsuits claiming injuries with transvaginal mesh or bladder slings used for repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) are centralized. In February 2012, multidistrict litigation (MDL) cases against the mesh manufacturers began. This legal process streamlines hundreds of individual claims […]
Multidistrict litigation (MDL) is a consolidation of civil cases transferred from different jurisdictions around the country to a single U.S. District Court to achieve certain pre-trial efficiencies. All transferred cases must be marked by common fact questions, and are overseen by a federal judge. The aim of this consolidation is to preserve […]
Transvaginal mesh is a medical device implanted to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in women. Transvaginal mesh is a semi-permeable barrier implanted into a woman as a reinforcing structure to keep her internal organs in place. The device is known as vaginal mesh because it is now […]
Transvaginal mesh was first developed from surgical mesh used in hernia repair surgeries since the 1950s. Traditionally, surgical mesh used for hernia repair was constructed of collagen extracted from bovine or human tissue and formed into a mesh that could be implanted in humans. Physicians used the same mesh to treat […]
In 2010, doctors in the United States inserted more than 70,000 mesh devices in patients, threading them through incisions in the vagina to fortify pelvic muscles that failed to support internal organs or to treat incontinence, according to court filings. Sometimes the failure of these devices is masked by other symptoms, […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved the Synchromed II Implantable Infusion Pump System manufactured Medtronic, Inc. in 2004. The pump infuses pain medication, Baclofen, through a catheter into a patient’s spine. This medical device is used to treat primary or metastatic cancer, chronic pain and severe spasticity. There […]
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a class of prescription medicines that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. Obesity is a leading cause of type 2 diabetes. When untreated, type 2 diabetes can lead to serious problems such as blindness, […]
The FDA recently announced that it is investigating allegations of improprieties in conjunction with clinical trials that were conducted by Bayer and Conceptus with regard to the Essure device, which is utilized in sterilization procedures. Bayer Corporation, a German pharmaceutical giant, purchased Conceptus, the original designer of the Essure device, […]
A jury trial was wrapped up recently after lasting a little more than a week in state court in St. Louis after the jury found in favor of Pfizer. The lawsuit alleged that Logyn Pesante, an eleven year old boy from California, who developed heart problems after his mother ingested […]
In August of 2010, DePuy shocked the orthopedic community and thousands of patients by announcing the recall of its ASR metal-on-metal hip implant due to an excessive failure rate. Following this product recall, more than 13,000 individual lawsuits were filed on behalf of patients who suffered significant injuries, including the […]
