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Medtronic, Stryker Bone Graft Products Linked to Serious Complications
Jul 2, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Off-label use of Medtronic Inc.'s InFuse Bone Graft and Stryker Corp.'s OP-1 Implant and OP-1 Putty have been linked to potentially fatal...
Sage Products Recalls Medical Device for Bacterial Contamination
Jul 1, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Sage Products Inc. has issued a recall of some lots of 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Cloth Patient Preoperative Skin Preparation because it could...
Push on for Hip, Knee Implant Makers to Disclose Doctor Payments
Jul 1, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Companies that make joint implants, including Stryker Corp., have made it a practice to pay physicians that use their products five-, six- and even...
CellCept Label Changed to Reflect Risk of PML
Jun 30, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
The maker of CellCept, Swiss Drug Maker Roche, has informed healthcare providers that it has modified the "Warnings" and "Adverse...
Medical Device Safety Act Would Restore Consumer Rights
Jun 27, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A bill to overturn a Supreme Court ruling that protects the makers of defective medical devices from product liability lawsuits was introduced in the...
BPA in Medical Devices Concerns Lawmaker
Jun 26, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Representative Rosa DeLauro (Democrat-Conneticut) is urging the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Science Board follow Health...
Medical Devices Malfunction Due to Wireless Tracking Systems
Jun 25, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
The wireless systems which are used by many hospitals to track equipment may be creating potentially deadly breakdowns in lifesaving medical devices...
New York Health Department Stops Using OraQuick Rapid HIV Test Following Hundreds of False Positives
Jun 23, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
The OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test has been discontinued in New York City as a means of HIV testing there. The faulty test has...
Icy Hot Heat Therapy Patch Recall Elicits FDA Warning Letter
Jun 18, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
The maker of Icy Hot Heat Therapy patches has been issued a warning letter from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for failing to notify the...
Dangerous Medical Trash Left In Patients
Jun 17, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Since 2003, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received reports of 72 deaths and 4,675 injuries linked to “unretrieved device...
Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead Victim Asks Lawmakers to Restore Consumers Rights
Jun 12, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A Pennsylvania woman went to Capitol Hill yesterday to ask lawmakers to overturn a Supreme Court ruling that has stripped consumers of their...
Man Killed by Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch, Family Wants to Warn Others
Jun 10, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Aaron Menendez endured two years following implantation of a Bard Composix Kugel mesh hernia patch before he suffered a serious infection and died...
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