Johnson & Johnson Pinnacle News

J&J Was Warned on Hip Implant Poisoning Risk, Plaintiff’s Lawyer Says

Johnson & Johnson knew as early as 2001 the metal-on-metal version of its Pinnacle artificial hips might generate debris that could cause metal poisoning, a lawyer said in the first case over the device to go to trial. A doctor …

Pinnacle Hip Implants Jury Told J&J Marketing Ran ‘Amok’

Johnson & Johnson’s bid to convince doctors the metal-on-metal version of its Pinnacle hip implants were safe amounted to “marketing run amok,” a lawyer told jurors in the first case over the devices to go to trial. J&J’s DePuy unit …

J&J Readies for Trial Over Hip Implants Blamed for Poisoning Patients

Johnson & Johnson, which set aside $2.5 billion last year to resolve claims that 8,000 of its artificial hips were defective, faces a new round of lawsuits over another line of hip implants blamed for poisoning patients. J&J’s DePuy unit …