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Drug Pump Claims Preempted Expressly, Implicitly, 9th Circuit Panel Majority Says

SAN FRANCISCO - (Mealey's) In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said April 16 that claims that a Medtronic drug pump and spine catheter caused a plaintiff to become a paraplegic are preempted explicitly and implicitly...

Published Tue, Apr 17 2012 4:44 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, FDCA, Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, FDA, preemption, Ninth Circuit, medical devices, Medtronic, MDA, Medical Device Amendments, Riegel v. Medtronic, federal medical device law, Richard Stengel, Buckman v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee, intrathecal catheter, paraplegic, drug pump, SynchroMed EL drug pump, Richard Stengel v. Medtronic Incorporated, spine catheter
Stryker Biotech Pleads Guilty, Will Pay $15 Million For Promoting Bone Repair Products

BOSTON - (Mealey's) Stryker Biotech LLC on Jan. 17 pleaded guilty to one federal misdemeanor count of misbranding a medical device and agreed to a $15 million fine for promoting the mixing of its OP-1 and Calstrux orthopedic repair products to health...

Published Wed, Jan 18 2012 4:03 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: litigation, Food and Drug Administration, medical devices, conspiracy, orthopedic repair products, Jeffrey Whitaker, misbranding, bone morhpogenic protein, Stryker Biotech, United States of America v. Stryker Biotech, Mark Philip, a bone void filler, Calstrux, OP-1, William Heppner, false statements, wire fraud, David Ard
Johnson & Johnson, DePuy Pay $76.9 Million To Settle Foreign Bribery Claims

(Mealey's) Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and subsidiary DePuy International Ltd. will pay $76.9 million to resolve criminal and civil allegations in the United States and in the United Kingdom that they paid kickbacks to doctors in Greece, Poland...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 5:09 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: litigation, SEC, Johnson & Johnson, drugs, settle, medical devices, kickbacks, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FCPA, Oil for Food Program, J&J, Iraq, Justice Department, DePuy International, United Nations, Greece, Poland, Romania
3 Years' Probation Added To $296M In Fines, Forfeiture In Guidant Heart Device Plea

MINNEAPOLIS - (Mealey's) Guidant LLC was sentenced Jan. 12 by a Minnesota federal judge to three years' probation and ordered to pay $296 million in fines and forfeiture for failing to tell the Food and Drug Administration about defects in three...

Published Tue, Jan 18 2011 3:28 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, Boston Scientific Corp., FDA, Food and Drug Administration, medical devices, fines, heart device, cardioverter defibrillators, probation, Guidant, Contak Renewal, ICDs, Ventak Prizm, United States of America v. Guidant LLC
D.C. Circuit: E-Cigarettes Are Tobacco Products, Not Medical Devices

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Electronic cigarettes, which deliver a dose of nicotine vapor without flame or smoke, are for regulatory purposes tobacco products, not medical devices, the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Dec...

Published Wed, Dec 8 2010 11:16 AM by Michael Lefkowitz

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, torts, FDCA, Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, FDA, personal injury, Food and Drug Administration, tobacco, Supreme Court, cigarettes, smoking, product liability, medical devices, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009, District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Sottera Inc., electronic cigarettes, NJOY, Sottera Inc. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Smoking Everywhere Inc.
Plaintiff Awarded $1.5 Million In Second Bellwether Trial In Kugel Hernia Patch MDL

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - (Mealey's) The second Kugel surgical patch bellwether trial went to the plaintiff Aug. 23 when a Rhode Island federal court jury awarded $1.5 million to a man who claims that the device caused him internal injuries ( In Re: Kugel...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 7:52 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, punitive damages, torts, MDL, C.R. Bard Inc., hernia patch, Inc., In Re: Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch Litigation, personal injury, multidistrict litigation, hernias, Christopher Thorpe v. C.R. Bard, award, Kugel, Laure Thorpe, Christopher Thorpe, medical devices, surgical mesh, Composix Kugel Hernia Patch, surgical patch

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Drug Pump Claims Preempted Expressly, Implicitly, 9th Circuit Panel Majority Says

Stryker Biotech Pleads Guilty, Will Pay $15 Million For Promoting Bone Repair Products

Johnson & Johnson, DePuy Pay $76.9 Million To Settle Foreign Bribery Claims

3 Years' Probation Added To $296M In Fines, Forfeiture In Guidant Heart Device Plea

D.C. Circuit: E-Cigarettes Are Tobacco Products, Not Medical Devices

Plaintiff Awarded $1.5 Million In Second Bellwether Trial In Kugel Hernia Patch MDL