Joint replacements are the #1 expenditure of Medicare. The process of approving these medical devices is flawed according to the Institute of Medicine. It is time for patients' voices to be heard as stakeholders and for public support for increased medical device industry accountability and heightened protections for patients. Post-market registry. Product warranty. Patient/consumer stakeholder equity. Rescind industry pre-emptions/entitlements. All clinical trials must report all data.
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Jury trial for first of 7,000 failed implanted hips?


Rochester woman in bellwether case on hip implants
Rochester Business Journal
January 7, 2013
A Rochester area woman’s court complaint has been selected to be heard as one of two bellwether cases that will help decide the outcome of several thousand suits targeting DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. and Johnson & Johnson for selling allegedly defective hip implants.
Owner of the Good Sign Co., Ann McCracken is one of 7,000 U.S. hip-replacement patients who have sued the companies over DePuy’s ASR XL Acetabular System.
http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=193659

READ THE FULL LAWSUIT HERE
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50063815/Hip-Replacement-Lawsuit



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