In 2007 Senator Pat Roberts and Senator Edward Kennedy attempted to pass legislation to expand the power of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate compounding pharmacies. Compounding pharmacies where medications are mixed or altered fell into a regulatory gap where it wasn’t really clear whether the FDA or…
A massive recall by some of the largest name brand auto manufacturers in the world is due to faulty airbag inflators. Our Boston defective product attorneys understand that the issue is specifically with the front passenger airbags, where the bag has the potential to deploy with too much pressure. If…
Transvaginal mesh (TVM) products are currently the subject of thousands of lawsuits brought by patients who had the surgical mesh implanted to treat pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence. The thousands of victims suffering from the dangerous side effects of TVM have to live with their story every day…
Transvaginal mesh is a type of surgical mesh product that became a popular choice for treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Both SUI and POP are conditions that are caused by muscle weakening and doctors traditionally had to perform surgery to strengthen the muscles. Transvaginal mesh…
If you have or had stress urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse (POP), then you may have been treated using transvaginal mesh (TVM) or your doctor may recommend that TVM be used as part of a surgical correction of your problem. Unfortunately, it has become clear that TVM presents some…
Pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence are two conditions that many women suffer from. Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) occurs when the organs in the pelvis, such as the bladder, the uterus, the urethra or the small bowel prolapse or drop out of their normal place and start to push…
Transvaginal mesh is a surgical mesh product that is used to treat women who are experiencing stress urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse, a condition where pelvic organs shift and begin to protrude through the vaginal wall. Unfortunately, although widely used, transvaginal mesh has some very serious and significant complications,…
In 2005, a company called Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, made a medical device available for use. The product, which was a transvaginal mesh, was released without any testing. This was possible under a special FDA rule called the 510(k) rule, which allows for a fast-tracked release of…
When a tire defect occurs on a car or motorcycle, a serious or even deadly accident can occur. Recently, accidents have begun occurring as a result of new motorcycle tires suddenly deflating. Two separate cases are currently pending against Goodyear Dunlop Tires, who manufactured the allegedly defective tires that led…
The New England Compounding Center (NECC) has been subject to intense public scrutiny in recent months and faces legal liability as a result of negligent practices that led to an outbreak of meningitis. The job of NECC was to produce a compound steroid drug, which was sent throughout the United…