vaginal mesh implant News

FDA Halts Vaginal Mesh Sales; Boston Scientific Shares Fall

U.S. health regulators ordered two medical device companies to stop selling surgical mesh used in pelvic repair surgeries after saying there isn’t enough evidence that the product embroiled in thousands of lawsuits is safe or effective. The Food and Drug …

Jury Awards $73 Million in Boston Scientific’s First Mesh Case Loss

Boston Scientific Corp. was ordered to pay $73 million to a woman who said a defectively designed vaginal-mesh implant left her in constant pain, in the first award against the device maker over its incontinence slings. Boston Scientific is liable …

Jury Awards $3.35M in Vaginal Mesh Case Against J&J

A jury on Monday said Johnson & Johnson should pay a South Dakota woman $3.35 million for failing to adequately warn her doctor of the potential dangers of a vaginal mesh implant made by the company’s Ethicon Inc subsidiary, and …