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J&J lawsuit bombshell: Company marketed vaginal mesh minus FDA nod

Johnson & Johnson faces new trouble concerning hundreds of lawsuits over the safety of its Gynecare Prolift vaginal mesh implant.

Panel mulls tougher rules for transvaginal meshes

Makers of vaginally implanted surgical meshes, including Johnson & Johnson ( $JNJ ), Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings and C.R. Bard, could eventually be required to initiate studies on their products

J&J pulls surgical products on sterility concerns

More recall news from Johnson & Johnson. The company's Ethicon unit has pulled 360,000 surgical drain products on worries the packaging might not be sterile. It's the third recent recall for that

J&J's Ethicon unit voluntarily recalls wound draining products

Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon unit is voluntarily recalling multiple lots of Blake silicone drains, drain kits and cardio connectors, as well as J-VAC reservoirs and drain adapters, because the

Ethicon joins J&J recall train

More recall problems for Johnson & Johnson--this time involving its Ethicon unit. One recall involves 700,000 vials of a liquid wound-sealing product, while the other is of a hernia-repair

In latest J&J recall, Ethicon unit pulls two products

Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon unit recently recalled 700,000 vials of a liquid wound-sealing product amid reports of discoloration and a new hernia-treatment product due to concerns about

J&J considers selling wound care division

One Equity Partners is on a shopping binge, it appears. The company, which recently purchased Prodigy Health Group Inc. for $110 million, has made an undisclosed offer to buyout the wound care