MIAMI — (Mealey’s) A federal jury in Florida on Nov. 13 awarded four women a total of $26.7 million in a multidistrict litigation trial involving Boston Scientific Corp.’s Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit pelvic mesh repair device (... Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. — (Mealey’s) A Delaware state court jury on May 28 awarded $100 million to a woman who says she was injured by pelvic mesh devices made by Boston Scientific Corp. ( Deborah A. Barba v. John C. Carlson, D.O., et al. , No. N11C... Read More
BOSTON - (Mealey's) A federal judge in Massachusetts on April 27 dismissed a putative securities class action stemming from Boston Scientific Corp.'s recalled Taxus and Taxus Express2 stents, saying that the market was aware of problems with the... Read More
LOWELL, Mass. — (Mealey’s) A Massachusetts state court jury on Aug. 29 returned a defense verdict for Boston Scientific Corp. after 2-1/2 days of deliberations in the state’s second bellwether pelvic mesh trial ( Maria Cardenas v. Boston... Read More
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — (Mealey’s) Boston Scientific Corp. on Feb. 17 announced that it has agreed to pay Johnson & Johnson (J&J) $600 million to settle a nine-year-old lawsuit alleging that Guidant Corp., which is now a Boston Scientific... Read More
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... Read More