Updates

Artificial joint registries played an important role leading up to the DePuy hip recall. Now, a European Union medical device registry is in the works…. Read more

Of the 5,500 people who received an ASR, 1,000 have joined the Australian DePuy hip recall class action lawsuit…. Read more

In state courts in Maryland and Nevada, the first DePuy hip recall trials will begin late this year and early next year…. Read more

In the first quarter of 2012, Johnson & Johnson took a large charge off its earnings to help pay for litigation related to the DePuy recall…. Read more

A recently published article in the British Medical Journal largely disproves the metal-on-metal hip replacement cancer connection…. Read more

The British government has issued a DePuy and Stryker hip replacement warning because their combination devices fails at high rates…. Read more

The FDA has scheduled a metal-on-metal hip replacement meeting for June 27-28, 2012 to investigate the devices’ safety concerns…. Read more

In its 2009 non-approval letter, the FDA expressed “concern” about the ASR’s alleged tendency to cause hip replacement metal poisoning…. Read more

A group of British orthopedists and the authors of an article in a medical journal are calling for an informal metal-on-metal hip replacement ban…. Read more

DePuy hips might cause metal poisoning and maybe cancer. The British government now recommends annual hip replacement check-ups for recipients… Read more