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J & J Mesh Bows Out of Mesh BIZ

If you are experiencing problems because of mesh please consider looking  to our colleague, Linda Kilpatrick, for more information and support,  Bladder Sling Surgery Blog Mesh Medical Device News Desk Johnson & Johnson is stopping sales of surgical mesh products that aimed to relieve the intense pelvic pain of thousands of women but resulted in numerous reports of injury and several deaths. The decision is the latest action by the health care giant tackling a range of problem products -- such as bottles of children's Tylenol and other popular over-the-counter medicines, as well as some contact lenses and certain hip implants -- that the company recalled due to manufacturing problems. The surgical meshes, sold by J&J's Ethicon unit, are among a class of products made by various companies whose safety and effectiveness the Food and Drug Administration warned about in 2008. J&J's meshes are also subject to hundreds of product-liability lawsuits, according...

Surgical Mesh: The Ten Year Window

The Ten Year Window   If you are experiencing problems because of mesh please consider looking  to our colleague, Linda Kilpatrick, for more information and support,  Bladder Sling Surgery Blog Mesh Medical Device News Desk I have spent many years in the health care industry. The outcome of the observations I have made tells me that  most often it takes about 10 years for facts to catch up with drug, treatments, and device approvals. Approvals in this arena come from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Commonly, because of the faster  fast track system instituted now for a couple of decades, money buys the ticket to the train. When first instituted  Fast Track cost a manufacturer about $330,000; now it is at least double. This doesn’t end up doing too much for safety because, if you follow the news, you too frequently hear about a  drug recall, an ineffective treatment, or medical device failures along with product liability law suits. Surgical mes...