Newsroom category: Medical Device News

Big Breakthrough: Global Resolution Plan Unfolds for Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits

October 3, 2024

Federal MDL Co-Lead Counsel Tim O’Brien, of Levin Papantonio law firm, says the process puts those injured by hernia mesh implants on a path to justice. Levin Papantonio law firm has announced the establishment of a global resolution process for the third largest multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the U.S.—MDL 2846 IN RE: Davol, Inc./C.R. Bard, […]

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Breast Cancer Survivors Have Sued Hologic Over Painful Complications from BioZorb Implants: Is This Device Putting Patients at Risk?

September 30, 2024

Seven breast cancer survivors have united to file a product liability lawsuit against Hologic, Inc., alleging they experienced painful complications from the BioZorb implant, a tissue marker commonly used in breast cancer treatment to help guide radiation therapy after a tumor is surgically removed. The lawsuit was filed on July 24 in U.S. District Court […]

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Why did the FDA Issue Its Highest Alert for Certain Heart Pumps?

July 5, 2024

On March 21, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified the recall of Abiomed’s Impella left-sided pumps as a “Class I recall,”  the agency’s “most serious type of recall.” This is a classification the FDA uses when a device imposes a risk of serious injuries or death. The FDA warned that using these […]

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