We immediately set up a help line and a program to reimburse patients. This was the first program of its nature and scale instituted by a medical device company. DePuy is a company working to improve ...

Johnson & Johnson, which faces about 8,000 lawsuits over hip implants it recalled in 2010, agreed to pay about $600,000 to resolve three cases in the first settlements of the litigation, people ...

In recent weeks, a jury in Los Angeles Superior Court has been diving deep into the world of artificial hips. They’re hearing the case of a Montana man whose hip implant went bad –- but they’re also ...

DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. is voluntarily recalling its ASR hip replacement system after receiving reports that a higher-than-normal number of patients required surgeries to correct or remove defective ...

The attorneys at Onder, Shelton, O'Leary & Peterson, LLC have set forth what they consider to be the five most vital issues that persons with the recalled DePuy ASR hip replacement systems need to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., Warsaw, U.S.A., has voluntarily recalled two of its ASR hip replacement components — ...

NEW YORK Federal prosecutors are investigating Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) practices in marketing a line of hip replacements recalled in 2010 because many had to be replaced within a few years - part of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DePuy Orthopaedics and the court-appointed committee of lawyers representing the ASR Hip System patients ...

Eight lawsuits filed against DePuy and J&J regarding recalled hip devices "The number of people affected by this unsafe device continues to grow," said attorney John David Hart. "According to recent ...

Resolves an estimated 8%2C000 cases brought by patients Lawsuits concerned the company%27s metal ball-and-socket hip implant Deal provides roughly %24250%2C000 per ...

The device is the ASR™ XL Acetabular Hip System made by DePuy Orthopaedics. The device is made of chromium and cobalt. It consists of a cup that's implanted into the hip with a ball joint that ...

In August of 2010, DePuy shocked the orthopedic community and thousands of patients by announcing the recall of its ASR metal-on-metal hip implant due to an excessive failure rate. Following this ...