Johnson & Johnson must pay $502 million in damages to five patients who claimed to have been injured by the company’s Pinnacle artificial hip implants. Specifically, the plaintiffs argue that Johnson & Johnson kept the flaws in the device hidden, which resulted in premature failure and subjected them to pain and multiple surgeries to repair…
FDA: Stop Using this Catheter Immediately
The FDA has issued a Class I recall for Stryker Fuhrman’s Pleural and Pneumopericardial Drainage Sets. Notification letters were sent to customers by Stryker on Nov. 17, 2015, urging them to discontinue use of the product immediately. The Fuhrman Pleural/Pneumocardial Drainage set is used primarily by medical doctors to remove air from the pericardium, or drain fluid…